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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 .
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 ]
2011 Ghana Music Awards: Hip-hop Song of the Year award, "Get On the Dance Floor", Producer; 2012/2013 Ghana Music Awards Album of the Year; 2015/2016 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Hip-life/Hip-hop Artiste of the year; 2015/2016 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Artiste of the Year; 2016 Ghana Music Awards UK Artiste of the Year
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.
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.
In 1999 TiC released his debut solo album, Philomena, which spawned several hits. [3] "Menka Bio (Shordy)", a single from TiC's third album, Masem, topped the Ghana music chart for 22 consecutive weeks in 2002–2003, which was a record at the time. The launch of his fourth album, Wope, was one of the largest ever in Ghana.
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.