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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].
However the hip life group conquered the Ghana music charts with their 2003 album Ahomka Womu; their single also named "Ahomka Womu" was number one on the Ghanaian charts for over 20 weeks. VIP won five awards at the Ghana Music Awards from the hit single and the group gained international exposure after this success. [ 4 ]
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 .
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]
Abraham Ohene-Djan, is a British/Ghanaian producer, director and media professional. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Ohenemedia, [2] OM Studios and Si-Fex Digital, where he produces and directs hiplife music videos, commercials, television programmes and documentaries [3] [4] and is recognized for shooting the first hiplife music videos.
5Five became a household name in Ghana after their song African Gurlz won two awards at the Ghana Music Awards in 2008. The group was formed in Adabraka a suburb of Accra. . Their debut single was Bull (4 Better 4 Worse) was released in 2005, and then did a remix of it with Batman Samini now Samini was done and put on the Appietus compil
Pages in category "Ghanaian hip-hop" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G. Gh hip-hop; H. Hiplife
Sidney Kofi Ofori is a Ghanaian hiplife recording artist and entrepreneur known by the stage name Barima Sidney. [2] [3] He was born in Accra, Ghana, and spent his formative years schooling there. He went to Harvard College and then West African Secondary School where he finished in 1996.