Born in Croydon to Akan parents, Abrantee Boateng grew up there until the family moved to East London when he was seven years old.
His interest in music was ignited during his teenage years by a cousin who had a sound system and introduced Boateng to his record collection and took him along to various events to experience DJing.
The evening show consisted of tracks from Choice FM's playlist but also included interviews with high-profile artists: Diddy, Usher, Drake, Dizzee Rascal, Kelly Rowland, Big Boi, Labrinth, Kelis, Taio Cruz, Flo Rida, Travie McCoy, Tinchy Stryder, Jeremih, Loick Essien, Jason Derulo among others.
The Afrobeats UK Movement would run for a number of years, with homegrown talent such as Vibe Squad, Mista Silva, May7ven, Skob, kwamz & Flava, plus many more.
This led to DJ Abrantee being included in two broad sheet pieces on Afrobeats, the first one in The Guardian in January 2012[9] and the second one in the London Evening Standard in February 2012.
[10] In January 2013, he went one step further producing a follow-up compilation album entitled Afrobeats Ultimate Collection Released under Choice FM.
The first event took place in March 2000 at the Rex Theatre in Stratford, where 3000 attendees gathered to celebrate the independence of Ghana from the United Kingdom.
The last celebration took place at the Coronet in March 2017 and was hosted by Abrantee with performances by Atumpan, Kojo Funds, Kwamz & Flava and many more.
[12] In 2014, Abrantee debuted Afrobeats at Glastonbury,[13] performing on the Silver Hayes Stage on the Sunday evening, and followed this set soon after with an appearance at the Essex Music Festival alongside Jhene Aiko and Wizkid.