Hondred Percent
Bio
Hondred Percent (born Paul Forjoe Jnr) is a rising spoken word artist and rapper from Ghana who burst on the scene in 2011 fusing poetry and rap to make hip hop music. He calls himself the Poet Rapper and loves building confidence and self worth one individual at a time with words.
He draws his inspiration from Jay Z, Mufasa, Worlasi, Stoogie T and Saul Williams. Hondred Percent in 2014 and 2015 triumphed as the overall winner of the Ehalakasa Slam. He released his debut hip hop album 'WTF?' in June 2017 and in 2021 published his first poetry book titled, Lorgorligi Locomotion: A Logologo Collection Of Poems.
While in high school in the early 90’s, Hondred Percent got introduced to rap and started writing poetry. It was his varsity days in South Africa that exposed him to spoken word and got him performing.
He came up with the name Hondred Percent in 2010 as a way to distinguish and motivate himself in his passion on his return to Ghana. He has since performed at numerous events in Ghana and had the opportunity to perform in Kenya and South Africa.
Hondred Percent recently championed the formation of the Poetry Association of Ghana (PAG) and is its current President. He is also working on his second studio album to released in 2022.