Genesis Owusu
Kofi Owusu-Ansah, known professionally as Genesis Owusu, is a Ghanaian-Australian rapper and singer from Canberra. He is the younger brother of fellow hip hop rapper Citizen Kay. Owusu's debut studio album, Smiling with No Teeth, reached the ARIA Albums Chart top 30. At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards he won four trophies for Album of the Year, Best Hip Hop Release, Best Independent Release and Best Cover Art. He released a critically acclaimed follow-up, Struggler, in 2023. Genesis Owusu's third studio album, Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge, was released in 2026.
How Critics See Genesis Owusu
Chorus pulls the clearest critic-consensus signals out of this discography: the highest-rated record, the tightest agreement, the sharpest split, and the best place to start.
REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE
2026
Highest ChoruScore in this discography at 84/100 across 7 reviews.
Genesis Owusu's REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE hits like a politicized party — furious, inventive and often moving between dance-punk catharsis and liturgical menace. Critics p...
REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE
2026
Best balance of score, review depth, and critic agreement for a first listen.
Genesis Owusu's REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE hits like a politicized party — furious, inventive and often moving between dance-punk catharsis and liturgical menace. Critics p...
