VGMA artist of the year EL has chastised Ghanaians for helping kill off the genre of Azonto.
According to the BBNZ Live act, we had no idea how powerful the genre could be in projecting Ghana to the outside world, and thus with its death, we have lost a massive opportunity.
Akoo Nana turned to God a while back, vehemently swearing he was born again and even being spotted spreading the gospel in trotros across the capital.
Perhaps his ‘born again’ did not involve renouncing secular music because he’s back with a new tune titled ‘PayDay’.
Hiplife guru Okra Tom Dawidi has dropped an animated music video for his single with Sarkodie titled ‘Fitem’.
‘Fitem’ is a return to the limelight for the hiplife stalwart who was a crucial component of the hiplife revolution in the late 90’s and early 00’s.
‘Ekiki Me’ hitmaker Wisa has laid his claim to the top award at the 2017 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards which comes off in April this year.
Wisa, in an interview, said he has had a massive year and believes it’s now his time to go home with the award very few artists have won in its history.
Music producer and Hitz 103.9 FM’s manager, Mark Okraku Mantey, on Kwaku Sintim Misah’s show The KSM Show on Metro TV has mentioned that Sarkodie tops all hiplife artistes at present.
When asked to list his top artistes in Ghana, he chose Kwabena Kwabena, Bisa K Dei, Ebo Taylor and Amakye Dede.
When Reginald Osei, popularly called Reggie Rockstone masterminded the Hiplife movement, little did he know he was creating an avenue of limitless possibilities. Decades down the line, the genre (an amalgamation of Hiphop and Highlife) has been sustained through diverse ways, aptly through the creativity and dexterity by its crusaders.
Chicago and Ex-doe arguably raised the bar a bit higher and spurred the youth. Nananom, a group comprising of Barima Sydney, Omahane Pozo and Jotti joined the bandwagon. The boisterous Nima based group called VIP and Lord Kenya took over with their sharp lyrics. Then came in the man often regarded as the best Hiplife artiste of all time; Obrafuo. These artistes churn out hit songs that were highly appreciated and assimilated comprehensively by all.
Pundits and ‘Highlife custodians’ predicted the fall of Hiplife years ago. On the contrary, Hiplife keeps on growing and breaking frontiers. Almost all international awards chalked by Ghanaian musicians are Hiplife musicians or their works influenced by Hiplife.
