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World Records

Joey B's own Ghanaian credit-line imprint; no dedicated company operations or website found.

Based in
Ghana
Founder
Joey B (Darryl Paa Kwesi Bannerman-Martin)

World Records is the credit-line imprint of Ghanaian hip hop artist Joey B (Darryl Paa Kwesi Bannerman-Martin). It has no separate corporate registration, staff or operations that AfrobeatsWire could find; it functions as the label name attached to Joey B’s own releases rather than as a company signing or developing other artists.

Ownership sits entirely with Joey B. His catalogue has been distributed at different points through Accra-based Akwaaba Music, and AfrobeatsWire’s own reporting on Virgin Music Group’s Rain Labs deal named World Records among the imprints receiving distribution services from February 2025, though the credit line on releases has been inconsistent.

The imprint has no known website, and its only public presence is as a label credit on streaming and artist-database listings such as Audiomack and TrendyBeatz.

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