NewsM.anifest drops On Ten as Nowhere Cool turns ten
The song with O'Kenneth and wavypae came out nine days after his 2016 album's tenth anniversary. He plays the whole album live at the Accra Polo Club on 24 October.
M.anifest released "ON TEN", with O'Kenneth and wavypae, on 17 September 2026 through Mass Appeal and Singitdamnit Music. The video's end card credits the production to Hook and GR!, mastering to MikeMillzOn'Em and direction to Desouza Henry, with Onasis Gaisie as visuals producer.
The timing stands out. M.anifest's album Nowhere Cool came out on 8 September 2016, with 14 tracks. On Ten arrived nine days after it turned ten.
Nowhere Cool live
M.anifest told the Citi Breakfast Show he will perform Nowhere Cool in full at the Nowhere Cool 10th Anniversary Live Experience on Saturday 24 October 2026, from 5pm at the Accra Polo Club, Airport. Citi Newsroom reported that Kwateng, AratheJay and Annabelle Rose will open.
Taking his time
The song carries a boast about five years of hibernation. The record shows a version of that. Madina to the Universe came out on 18 November 2021, and his next album, New Road & Guava Trees, followed on 13 March 2025 through Mass Appeal. That is more than three years between albums.
What the song does
M.anifest opens the song. On ten is the volume knob turned all the way up. In the 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap, a band brags that its amp goes to eleven. M.anifest settles for ten.
O'Kenneth takes a verse in Twi. A later line compares the rapper to King Midas, the figure from Greek myth whose touch turned everything to gold, even his food.
The roll call
When M.anifest returns, he strings names into one sound: Rizla rolling papers, the reggae artist Sizzla, Bob Marley, the actor Jason Momoa and Bruce Springsteen on a Harley. He says he was born with teeth, a rare thing that, in many homes, means a child came ready. The song closes on the idea that if they cannot stand him, he is giving out seats.
Ten years after Nowhere Cool, M.anifest is still on ten, and nobody rushed him to get there. Now he is giving out seats.
- M.anifest on YouTube: ON TEN official music video and description (17 Sep 2026)
- Apple Music and Amazon Music: ON TEN listing (17 Sep 2026)
- Spotify and Apple Music: Nowhere Cool, 14 tracks (8 Sep 2016)
- Citi Newsroom: Nowhere Cool 10th Anniversary Live Experience, from the Citi Breakfast Show (16 Oct 2026)
- Starr FM and Music in Africa: Madina to the Universe (18 Nov 2021)
- Atwood and Expression Africa: New Road & Guava Trees (13 Mar 2025)
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