About the artist

Kofi Owusu-Ansah, known professionally as Genesis Owusu, is a Ghanaian-Australian rapper and singer from Canberra. He is the younger brother of fellow hip hop rapper Citizen Kay. Owusu's debut studio album, Smiling with No Teeth, reached the ARIA Albums Chart top 30. At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards he won four trophies for Album of the Year, Best Hip Hop Release, Best Independent Release and Best Cover Art. He released a critically acclaimed follow-up, Struggler, in 2023. Genesis Owusu's third studio album, Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge, was released in 2026.