He worked briefly as a seaman before joining Moses Kweku Oppong's Kakaiku band.
It was he who impressed on the band's owner, Anis Mubarak, to sign Paapa Yankson to the group.
[1] Mann died at the Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority (GHAPOHA) hospital in Takoradi on March 20, 2018, after an unspecified disease intensified the previous December.
[4] Mann had several hit songs, including "Adwoa Yankey", "Asafo beesuon", "Obaa yaa aye me bone", "Kolomashie", "Dofo bi akyerew me", "Ankwasema dede", "Okwan tsentsen awar", "Aboa akonkoran", "Beebi a odo wo", "Tsie m'afotusem", "Ebusua ape adze aye me", "Yebeyi wo aye", and "Do me ma mondo wo bi".
[5] His last album, Wope Nye Ho was produced by West Gold Music Studio in Takoradi and released in 2013.