like hiplife did. nigeria carried the torch but ghana lit the torch. i we dropped the soap. we should have stood by that brand. because our cousins next door did the same thing with afrobeat and they did not budge, and here we are today. let's be clear, first and foremost — afrobeats is not nigerian, it's ghanaian and nigerian. # like cabernet sauvignon. # strangers wondering what we on... the originators of hiplife were a bit too precious about what it should be, so as new versions sonically were happening, you could hear people saying, "0h, thisjamba, "this azonto is watered down, it's not real." this thing, there is always the idea of real. you have to evolve or perish is what any music form has to understand. those that were gatekeeping in hiplife were refusing to acknowledge the evolution. # up and down them.