imean, he s. literally, his language is like poetry. - # ah! # woke up outta bed this morning. # crack a dawning. # i grew up in colindale, uk, brixton, crackney they call it hackney. i grew up in brooklyn, new york, flatbush. coming back home to ghana. # yeah, this is reggie rockstone. 93- 94. when i got off that plane, the smell, the sunshine, the love, right up to we started this movement called hiplife. things took off when reggie met dj rab in accra. i met reggie rockstone in a nightclub called miracle mirage and he was rapping on the mic. rab was an african american who came to ghana to stay. for a long period and helped develop this i sound that became hiplife. ..and i introduced myself and reggie had the short locks at the time and he was with
in 1992, after 11 years of military rule, ghana had a new constitution and democratic freedom. young ghanaians flooded the cultural capital, accra. american hip hop dominated the newly liberated airwaves. a young music producer, panji anoff, tapped into that scene. i recorded a demo for almost every single rap group i could find in accra at the time, free of charge. the first person i wanted to work with is my childhood friend, reggie rockstone. my name is reggie rockstone, the hiplife originator. # now whoop it up, turn it out. # whoop it up, bring it in. # turn it out, whoop it up, hey! reggie is always hype, all the time. and when he speaks, it s like he s rapping.| imean, he s. literally, his language is like poetry. - # ah! # woke up outta bed this morning. # crack a dawning. i grew up in colindale, uk, brixton, crackney they call it hackney.
i grew up in colindale, uk, brixton, crackney, they call it hackney, grew up in brooklyn, new york, flatbush. coming back home to ghana. 93, 94. when i got off that plane, the smell, the sunshine, the love right up till we started this movement called hiplife. things took off when reggie met dj rab in accra. i met reggie rockstone in a nightclub called miracle mirage, and he was rapping on the mic. rab was an african american who came to ghana - to stay for a long period and help develop the sound that became hiplife. and i introduced myself, and reggie had these short locks at the time and he was with another rap artist called freddie funkstone, and i thought i was listening