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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 ] .
Gh hip hop, Gh rap or Ghana hip hop is a hip hop genre, subculture and art movement that developed in Ghana during the late 1990s. 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 .
8 Hiplife. 9 Ghanaian Drill. 10 Reggae. 11 Composers/others. 12 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... This is a list of notable past and present musicians in ...
The hiphop genre came into existence in Ghana through Reggie Rockstone, who is known as the hiplife father [10] and other notable musicians such as Jayso and Ball J. It first came to Ghana as Hiplife where Reggie Rockstone introduced a fusion of hiphop beats with African sounds to create a whole new genre known as Gh hiphop.
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]
Michael Elliot Kwabena Okyere Darko popularly known as Obrafour, other names include Rap Executioner and Rap Sofo [1] (born c. 1976) is a Ghanaian hiplife musician and rapper. [2] Obrafour has a unique style of Twi rapping and storytelling. [3]
Kokooko was the first major fusion of hiplife and highlife in Ghana. [1] Many successful albums followed thus earning him one of his many nicknames "Hitman"."Wo da enda","Ahoofe", and "Still I love you" are a few of his popular songs. Among youths and old, he is popular and beloved. Daasebre's songs are mostly mid tempo and include many hip hop ...
Reggie Rockstone (Reginald Yaw Asante Ossei, "the Godfather of Hiplife") is a Ghanaian rapper. He was born in the United Kingdom but lived his early years in Kumasi and Accra. He has been living in Ghana continuously since he pioneered the Hip-Life movement in 1994.