212:, Maryland. His parents introduced him and his two siblings to music at a young age. His older brother is a fellow musician who goes by the stage name, NkĆ KhĂ©lĂ. As a child, Agyeman attended school at the Ujamaa Shule in Washington which is described as the "oldest completely independent Afrikan-centered school in the United States". While at the school, he was exposed to a variety of traditional African instruments like the
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