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hip hop rap evolution in ghana a must watch film

flipbydemand · Apr 14, 2020 · published to YouTube

PLAYLIST encounters hiplife the music of modern Ghana touring the clubs of the Ghanaian capital, Accra, to meet the masters and rising stars of western-Africa's latest fusion sensation. Hip hop is assumed to be an American invention. But African artists and MCs will argue that the history of hip hop belongs to them. They say it is traceable back to rhythms, instruments and drums indigenous to Africa, and has been thriving since the early 1990s, when musicians fused traditional Ghanaian high-life music jazzy horns and guitars with hip hop beats and flowing rap lyrics, and hiplife was born. We talk to Reggie Rockstone about this exciting sound.PLAYLIST travels to New York to find out how the hiplife scene is storming the clubs of the USA. From its birthplace in Ghana, west Africa, the hiplife movement and its stars are reaching out to audiences far from home. And we hear from some of h

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