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
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 ghana s past. shordy by praye plays. akasieni by lord kenya plays. ..and its present. bunker by kidi plays. mind your business by eno baroni plays. this is the story of a music genre that birthed a global movement. but before hiplife, there was highlife. highlife music plays.
by eno baroni plays. this is the story of a music genre that birthed a global movement. but before hiplife, there was highlife . highlife music plays. from ghana s independence in 1957 through to the 1970s, highlife was the nation s soundtrack. back in the what we call the colonial days, they were using all these instruments for military songs. # ba ba dum, ba ba dum. # dun, dun ba da da da dum. you know, people were marching and things like that. the colonial masters in their bow ties, they thought that that was a high form of life and they called it highlife. highlife isn t originally from ghana. highlife was brought to ghana by soldiers from the west indies. ghanaian rhythms were pushed into the highlife.