along with his brother. now on bbc news it s hiplife: the sound of ghana . argument done by eno barony plays. # high spirits so they can t kill it. # god s plan, no man. hiplife, to us, is what peanut butter is to bread. this is what actually- defines us as ghanaians. every ghanaian everywhere is representing ghana with hiplife. i would not even have fathomed being a musician if hiplife didn t happen. the story of hiplife is important to tell. # i don t walk around in the philippines. - # with the philistines. # m dot, in any vicinity, i fulfil a dream. - # no, i m not a rapper, i m an ideas company! i to understand the rising global influence of african music, you have to understand the story of hiplife. keep your eyes on the road by reggie rockstone plays. when i did what i did, i tagged it. so, when a dude put a piece of meat between two bread and he called it a burger, he named it. and that s what i did. i named it hiplife . hiplife music is a conversation between gha
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. 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 the 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! abraham: reggie is always hype, all the time. - and when he speaks, it s like he s rapping.|
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.