Reggie is a singer and songwriter from Berlin, New Zealand, described as a Ghanaian R&B artist with a background in German-based New Zealand music scenes. He records under the name reggie, and his work sits across rap, reggae, soul and pop.

Reggie’s early life is shaped by church music and by family expectations around behaviour and career choices. He grows up with a strong church influence, which he identifies as one of his first inspirations for writing music. In his household, making music as self-expression is accepted, but his wider life choices are not, and repeated conflict leads to him being pushed out and having to adapt to survive.

That experience becomes central to his writing. He describes having to live “1000 different lives” in order to get by, and those different experiences are later turned into songs. This process forms the basis of the artist he becomes, with his music drawing on survival, personal conflict and self-expression.