1. Kwame Amankwa Kwaten was born on 13 May 1967 and is a British manager, music consultant, musician and record producer.
18 Facts About Kwame Kwaten
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Kwame Kwaten owns an artist management and consultancy company called Ferocious Talent and is a co-founder of Cr8ing Vision, a non-profit company that offers young people a range of educational programmes, seminars, workshops and opportunities in both the music and sport industries.
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Past and present artists managed by Kwaten include Laura Mvula, The Night VI, Steve Brown, Shannon Saunders and Kerry Leatham.
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In 1989, Kwame Kwaten was part of a band, D-Influence, who were opening acts for Michael Jackson, and produced tracks for a number of prominent musicians including Shola Ama, Jay-Z and Mick Jagger.
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In July 2018, Kwame Kwaten took over from Diane Wagg as Vice-Chair of MMF UK.
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Kwame Kwaten started his artistic career in the middle of the eighties at the Warminster Athenaeum as part of the school band Outcry.
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Kwame Kwaten spent the next few years learning his trade in many different bands.
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Kwame Kwaten had started working at the Borderline Club in London as a compere employed by Neil Conti of Prefab Sprout and Raye Cosbert when he and Steve formed the band D-Influence with Ed Baden Powell, Sarah Anne Webb and Ned Bigham.
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Kwame Kwaten was refused a cab at Hammersmith Station so he turned and walked in to catch a train.
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Kwame Kwaten auditioned her on the platform and gave her his business card.
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Kwame Kwaten was the founder of the biggest European Urban Music Seminar.
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Kwame Kwaten was a carer for The Adolescent and Children's Trust and does charity workshops for YESS, a London charity that dispenses educational advice for inner-city children.
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Kwame Kwaten uses his music industry experience to teach music students as a lecturer at various institutions around London including the University of Westminster.
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In 2006, Kwame Kwaten joined ATC Management as a manager where he looked after Laura Mvula, The Night VI, Steve Brown, Shannon Saunders and Kerry Leatham.
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In 2010, Kwame Kwaten established Cre8ing Vision together with Andrea Euell and Nicola Charles.
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In 2014, Kwame Kwaten started his own management company called Ferocious Talent, where he worked with acts like Rumer.
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In 1995, Kwame Kwaten won the UK Black Music Best New Live Act with his band.
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Kwame Kwaten was the 2006 winner of Ghanaian Entrepreneur of the Year, and in 2013, Kwame won Artiste Manager of the Year at the Live UK Music Business Awards.