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Hiplife
Stylistic origins
Highlife
hip hop
reggaeton
Cultural origins
1990s, Ghana
Fusion genres
Raglife
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].
^The Bluffer's Guide - Hiplife Archived 2007-03-13 at the Wayback Machine. stylusmagazine.com.
Hiplife is a Ghanaian musical style that fuses Ghanaian culture and hip hop. Recorded predominantly in the Ghanaian Akan language, hiplife is rapidly gaining...
years, Highlife was the preferred music genre until the introduction of Hiplife and many others. The traditional musicology of Ghana may be divided geographically...
and a record producer. He is recognized as one of the pioneers of the hiplife genre that started in the early 1990s in Ghana. He is also recognized as...
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...
Genge - from Kenya Hip hop galsen - from Senegal Hipco - from Liberia Hiplife - hip hop and highlife from Ghana Igbo rap - from Southeast Nigeria Kwaito...
This is a list of notable past and present musicians in Ghana. Guy Warren Rebop Kwaku Baah KiDi Becca Fuse ODG Jay Ghartey Osibisa Wendy Shay Dobble Yaw...
R2Bees is a Ghanaian hip hop and hiplife duo from Tema, comprising two cousins, Faisal Hakeem and Rashid Mugeez. They were nominated for the 2013 BET...
Ghanaian rapper and hiplife artist Sarkodie has received 110 awards from 206 nominations, including 28 Ghana Music Awards. Makye, his debut studio album...
for the fusion of sounds flowing majorly out of Nigeria. Genres such as hiplife, jùjú music, highlife and naija beats, among others, were amalgamated under...
African Championships, a number of musicians with music producers created hiplife football songs which were composed in the Akan language – the 2006 World...
bongo flava boomba music cumbia rap genge gyp-hop hip hop galsen hipco hiplife igbo rap kwaito low bap merenhouse motswako na mele paleoleo nuyorican...
Terry Bonchaka (c. 1982 – 29 October 2003) was a Ghanaian hiplife artist who after a performance died in a car accident. He had his basic education at...
(2020) In March 2021, he won the Hiplife/Hiphop Act of the Year in the 3Music Awards. In June 2021, he won the Hiplife/Hiphop Artist of the Year at the...
of highlife, Afro-reggae, dancehall and hip hop. This hybrid was called hiplife. There are dances for occasions. Dances for celebrations include the Adowa...
of The Last Two Music Group and known for growing Ghanaian Hip Hop or Hiplife artists, including Obrafour, Tinny, Kwaw Kese, Sarkodie, Ayigbe Edem, among...
Okyeame has been organizing the Hiplife Party, an annual event with the objective of evoking nostalgia and preserving the hiplife heritage. Additionally, Ok...
names include Rap Executioner and Rap Sofo (born c. 1976) is a Ghanaian hiplife musician and rapper. Obrafour has a unique style of Twi rapping and storytelling...
2020, Reggie Rockstone, an influential figure in Ghanaian music genre hiplife, called Amerado one of the best rappers to ever come from Ghana. In 2020...
(Northern region, Ghana), he became known through the influential Afrobeats/Hiplife duo R2Bees (Refuse to Be Broke), which he formed with his cousin Faisal...
Afroswing Bongo flava Boomba music Cumbia rap Genge Hip hop galsen Hipco Hiplife Igbo rap Kwaito Low bap Motswako Na mele paleoleo Nuyorican rap Romany...
Hop Song of the Year Won Hiplife/Hip Hop Artiste of the Year Nominated New Artiste of the Year Nominated 2021 Himself Hiplife/HipHop Artist of the Year...
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