gyedu—blay ambolley is the tree. those that came later, they are the branches. i # hit it! because when we were children, - we didn't have money to buy congas. so, we started using our mouth for rhythms... i sings rhythms. the country in the world that has the richest tradition of orators and linguists is ghana. the king of the asantes cannot speak to anybody. he can — he can only speak through a linguist. the linguist is the rapper, - but it was me who added rhythm. for the next two decades, highlife artists infused global beats like reggae, jazz, funk and disco into the genre.