Background
MzVee was born in Accra to Ernest Hamenoo-Kpeda, a businessman, and Florence Hamenoo-Kpeda, a caterer.
MzVee was born in Accra to Ernest Hamenoo-Kpeda, a businessman, and Florence Hamenoo-Kpeda, a caterer.
She has 2 older sisters and a brother and attended Street Martin de Porres School in Accra in her early years.
Her award-nominated debut solo album features several hit singles including Borkor Borkor, Natural Girl and Dancehall Queen. She moved on to Street Mary's Senior High School and is now studying Business Administration at Ghana Telecom University. 2012 – 2013: Early beginnings
MzVee first burst onto the Ghanaian music scene in the summer of 2012 as the lead singer of Lynx Entertainment’s girl band D3.
The band, released hit singles such as "Good Girls Gone Bad" and "Gyani Gyani" before splitting at the end of 2013 due to educational commitments of the young group members.
2014 – present: Breakthrough
MzVee launched her solo career with debut single ‘Borkor Borkor’ released in January 2014. Her debut album was released in November 2014 and features collaborations with several award winning artistes such as Stonebwoy, Very Important Person, Shatta Wale, Richie Mensah, Manifest and Didier Awadi.
Following the success of her award-winning debut album, MzVee released her second album titled "Verified" in November 2015 to rave reviews. The album has earned MzVee 7 nominations at the 2016 Ghana Music Awards including "Album of the Year" and "Record of the Year" for the single "Abofra" which features Efya.
MzVee’s music contains elements of afropop, Rhythm & Blues and dancehall and her strong vocal abilities earned her a nomination for "Female Vocalist of the Year" at the 2015 Ghana Music Awards and the award for "Most Promising Acting" at the 2015 Ghana Music Honors.
Her trademark natural African hair and hit single ‘Natural Girl’ has made her an inspiration to young girls across Africa who want to celebrate their natural look. MzVee"s impressive rise to the top continued with a nomination in June 2015 in the "Best International New Artist" category at the Black Entertainment Television Awards 2015. This brand new fan-voted category celebrates rising stars from across the channel’s international footprint.
In October 2015, MzVee was appointed the World Bank Ambassador for their "End Extreme Poverty Campaign".
She released the official campaign song titled "End Poverty" and became a World Bank #Music4Dev Guest Artist. A role which has been held in the past by a number of award winning artists including Doctorate"Banj and Fally Ipupa.,
MzVee was named in Music Television Base"s list of the top African artists to watch out for in 2016.