Christian singer Ryan Ofei began his singing career in Ottawa as part of the collective Campus Rush. He then pivoted to gospel music and released three EPs before dropping his debut album, Restore, in 2024.
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Ofei is also part of the choir Maverick City Music, and has won several Grammys with the group. In a new interview with The Block‘s host Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe, Ofei opens up about winning those awards, embracing his faith and more.
The full interview is available above and you can read an excerpt of their conversation below.
So let’s learn more about you first. I actually wanted to talk about that song we just heard, [“Celebrate”]. Apparently, that was the result of a near-death experience.
Yeah.
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Tell me a little bit about that.
Yeah, for sure. [I was] raised in the GTA and fell in love with music [when I …