Blackway is the son of Ghanaian comedian and talk show host, Kwaku Sintim-Misa.[2] He was born in Ghana and lived there until 2006 when he moved from Ghana to stay with his mother in Long Island, New York.[3]
Career
Blackway had a long history of music in Ghana. In 2014, he was featured on "Raise My Flag", the first single of DJ Juls' debut EP.[4] He was also featured on the single "Pretty Please" from Kojo Cue's debut album, "The Shinning".[5] In 2015, Blackway was featured on "The Best Shape", which was track 15 on EL's Bar 2 Mixtape.[6][7]
When M.anifest released his album, APAE (The Price of Free) in 2016, he featured Blackway on the 7th single "Never Feel".[8]
It wasn't until 2019 that his biggest breakthrough came when he collaborated with American DJs Black Caviar to release "What's Up Danger" as a soundtrack for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.[9] It was nominated at the Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media category at the 62nd Grammy Awards.[10]
Blackway signed a global record and co-publishing deal with Position/Hive Music in 2022[11]
He released two songs that featured as soundtracks for NFL Madden 24.[12][13] He was featured by Shaquille O'Neal on his 2023 single, "King Talk"[14] Also in 2023, he was featured on "The Return of Mansa Musa" on the tenth track of Busta Rhymes' "Blockbusta" album alongside Swiss Beatz.[15]
