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Ghanaian rapper, Ronny O has made his latest mixtape, �Almost Broken� (hosted by American Yard and Blewz of Konvict) available for download. The 22-track mixtape is a mixture of personal and motivational joints and as the title may suggest, it represents a time in the artist�s life when he was almost torn apart by a relationship gone bad. Ronny O describes it as a collection of hits and heart warming tracks that reflects his life. �I basically was preparing a demo for an A&R and around the same time I was being flown back to Ghana from Canada and a girl I had fallen in love with for the first time, did me wrong. So it�s mixed feelings on this. You can listen and understand I was going through a situation at that time on most the songs.� He also underscores the need for West Africa to embrace the new movement of hip hop going to sweep the continent in the coming year. �If all goes well, 2010 is going to be a start for a lot of us hip-hop artist in Ghana, �he believes, adding that he hopes his mix tape would help pave the way. �Almost Broken� features El on �London Shit�, Rock City and American Yard on the intro. So far the mixtape is doing extremely well and it was nominated for Mixtape of the Year on Power20. Ronny O discovered his desire to rap at the tender age of 14 and started his own group, �Platinum Bling� at the Neil McNeil High School. Born in the heart of the Bronx and later relocating to Toronto due to his parents separating, Ronny O was able to acquire and make sense of the hip-hop culture surrounding him, and has over the years been able to hone his rapping skills into a unique talent that reflects his life experiences. He has appeared on over 25 mixtapes and he has written for several R&B singers.