Kwasi Tay was born and raised in Ghana, West Africa. He came to the U.S. in 1984 to join his family, as his mom had already immigrated to Seattle, WA. Living with a foot in two distinct musical cultures, Kwasi has been playing music since 1992, bringing his African musical roots together with his urban hip hop influences. Kwasi is a big fan of Jermaine Dupri and would welcome the opportunity to work with him, as he is a strong influence on Kwasi’s style. Kwasi is equally excited to work with his producer, Maurice Jones Jr., because Maurice brings his years of experience and his total respect of urban music to Kwasi’s sound.

"First I was a DJ for African parties mostly, and then I started doing stuff with other hip hop artists at the African parties. Some people liked it and some people were against the hip hop because they were scared of it and the culture they thought comes with the music. I stayed true to wanting to develop my own style, merging the hip-hop with the dance hall and reggae sound - I call it ‘Reg-hop.’ Gradually, people started to get my style and the music I made and now I am ready to give the world my sound on Very Juicy Records. I think my sound and Very Juicy go together because my sound is VERY JUICY!" explains Kwasi.

Kwasi’s debut release "Island Girl," distributed by Precise Music, is doing well in Africa, and Very Juicy Records is about to release his music on the Internet and throughout the U.S.-African communities here in the States. Kwasi’s new release (yet to be titled) will be out in December 2001. Currently a featured artist on AntEye.com with his music video, "To Wo Me Gbe" (No One Else), Kwasi is just starting to make some serious noise in the Northwest/U.S. Meanwhile Kwasi is living in Seattle, Washington, recording, performing, and generally getting his name out there in anticipation of his U.S. launch this coming winter.

Kwasi has played with African headliners such as EX-DOE (African Style Hip-Hop called Hip-Life),hip-hop called hip-life), Afro Moses (Ghanian Highlife Music) and OSIBISA (African Jazz Music). "Our goal is to make Kwasi an international name when it comes to dance music" explains producer and Very Juicy Records CEO Maurice Jones Jr. "I am amazed at how everything is coming together. I have always liked the name Very Juicy and have always wanted to focus my career on dance music, and now it is all happening," says Kwasi with a big grin on his face.