NEWS: MY MUSIC CAREER STARTED WITH CAMPYARD (R2BEES) JAYREHMI OF (REKXBOIZ)

      MY MUSIC CAREER STARTED WITH                                      CAMPYARD (R2BEES) JAYREHMI OF (REKXBOIZ)

These lads met in Tema Secondary School in 1998. As if by destiny it was like ‘great men’ in the making put in one class. Based on the inspiration drawn from the Wu Tang Clan, the Camp Yard band was born. Abdul Rasheed Mugeez (Now Mugeez) and Issah Ibrahim (of blessed memory ) and Faisal Hakeem (Paedae) one day in Temasco 1998 suggested the group name ‘Camp Yard’ to then Coolio (now JAYREHMI). Camp Yard being the reason that it was more than a band just like Wu Tang. There was a huge following in the hood at Community 1 site 15, Tema. The early architects of the group Camp Yard (Now R2Bees), from the Visual Arts Class as far as music was concerned were Issah Ibrahim (of blessed memory), Abdul Rasheed Mugis (Mugeez), Jeremiah Obuobi (JAYREHMI, then Coolio) and from General Art Faisal Hakeem ( Pae Dae). During form two, in 1999, the entertainment prefect for Tema Secondary School was Michael Ayenu (Now DJ Mensah) and thus made stage performances for Camp Yard and the whole crew an easy stake.

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The main Architect of Camp Yard Issah Ibrahim, unfortunately died in 1999. Issah came to campus sick, and came to Coolio’s (JAYREHMI’s ) home for help. JAYREHMI recollects, “Issah was vomitting amid restlessness, so he (JAYREHMI) had to take him (Issah) home at Madina.” JAYREHMI met Adnar, Issah’s cousin and later left for Tema. “That was the last time I saw Issah”, he recollects.  Issah died of sickle cell after a week as Ken Jarvis (a class mate) broke the news to the class. The brain child was gone, everything slowed down for a minute. JAYREHMI later formed his own group called Broken Silence. Fast forward 2002, JAYREHMI gets into KNUST, meets John Foley (Now Jay Foley) and begins to record some few songs, as John was a sound engineer back then. On campus, JAYREHMI had the opportunity to meet Agya Koo Nimo, the great Highlife legend, because Agya Koo Nimo’s daughter was in the same product design class as JAYREHMI, and he recalls several visits to the legend, meeting the likes of Okyeame Kwame.

Speaking to Ghlalamusic JAYREHMI admited that he slowed down with music because of school, but was still communicating with Mugeez. After graduating from university 2006, JAYREHMI used his product design knowledge to help push the NOW R2Bees brand and even redesigned the R2Bees logo in 2011. JAYREHMI then Creative Director for OBJClothing was offered the opportunity to print the Official R2Bees t-shirts, under OBJClothing & Accessories. Later in 2009, JAYREHMI as CEO of OBJClothing & Accessories, got featured with his old friends R2BEES, on ZAIN MTV MUSIC AWARDS ROAD TO MAMAS, which was meant to document everything about R2BEES. During all these visits in the hood, Mugeez kept on motivating JAYREHMI to do a comeback in the game. The Comeback decision was slow as JAY had to manage a lot of companies he was trying to start up, including creating the OBJ SARK 1 Brand which resulted in a lawsuit.  

In 2010 JAYREHMI got signed on to the REKX Records label and since then has been working as an artiste and brands manager. Though ready to begin his Masters in MFA (Master of Fine Art), JAYREHMI, a member of REKXBOIZ has heeded to his burning desire for music. The Hip Hop and Afro Music Genre act is set to release one of his epic tunes with one of Ghana’s Shining Dancehall artistes MASAANY. This song is set to drop on September 1st, 2017. The title of the song is ‘LIGHTER’ and its produced by @REKX_BEATZ.