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This is a list of notable past and present musicians in Ghana This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Hiplife is a Ghanaian musical style that fuses Ghanaian culture and hip hop. [1] Recorded predominantly in the Ghanaian Akan language, hiplife is rapidly gaining popularity in the 2010s throughout West Africa and abroad, especially in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and Germany [citation needed].
VIP have launched their 110-minute documentary, Home Grown:Hiplife in Ghana; produced and directed by the American independent filmmaker, Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi.Some artists present at the launching were Reggie Rockstone, Hashim, Tinny, Sidney, Tic Tac, Mzbel, Rab Bakari, Faze of Nigeria and other artists from Africa and the Caribbean.
In the year 2006, he won the Hiplife Artiste of the Year as well as the Hiplife Album of the Year, with his song "Toffee". This award won him so much recognition in and outside Ghana. [8] In the year 2011, he won the Best Hiplife Song of the Year which featured Asamoah Gyan with the song "African Girls". [8]
Friction is the founder and former leader of the legendary Ghanaian Hiplife Music Group VIP (now VVIP). [1] This group has become one of Ghana's most well known Hiplife music groups, and subject of documentaries such as HomeGrown: Hiplife in Ghana [2] and the book The Hiplife in Ghana: West African Indigenization of Hip-Hop. [3]
The hip-hop genre came into existence in Ghana through Reggie Rockstone, who is known as the hip-life father, [1] and other notable musicians such as Jayso and Ball J. It first came to Ghana as Hiplife, where Reggie Rockstone introduced a fusion of hip-hop beats with African sounds to create a whole new genre.
Justice Amoa, popularly known as Patapaa is an African hiplife musician and a songwriter based in Ghana. [1]He is the first child in a family of three children and was born in Swedru, Central Region.
Ghana Music Awards: Hiplife Song of the Year: Kaa Bu Ame: Nominated [17] 2008: Ghana Music Awards: Hiplife Artiste of the Year: Himself: Nominated [17] 2008: Ghana Music Awards: Hiplife Album of the Year: Kaa Bu Ame: Nominated [17] 2009: Hip Hop World Awards: African Artiste of the Year: Himself: Won 2009: 4syte Music Video Awards: Best Male ...