Benjamin Paapa Kofi Yankson was born on 22 June 1944 at Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana.

[2] After graduating from commercial school, Yankson was employed at Kingsway Chemist as a stenographer.

From 1982 to 1991 he worked as a music organizer at the Garrisons Education Unit of Burma Camp in Accra.

His move to Obuasi was influenced by the then-CEO of Ashanti Goldfields Corporation, Sam Jonah.

He performed in a wheelchair at the Exclusive Men of The Year Awards in June and at the Bottles & Bands Festival 2016 in November.

[14][15] Paapa Yankson has died at the age of 73, after a prolonged illness, family sources have disclosed.