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The Hip-Hop Pioneers of Africa: When the Culture Touched the Motherland

The Source 10 Feb 2020
Reggie Rockstone – Ghana. With an agenda to preserve the native identity of Ghana, Reggie Rockstone, affectionately heralded as the Godfather of the music genre, Hiplife, an execution of rapping that is relative to Ghanaian societies such as the Akan culture.
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“Who Created Hip Life?" - Kwesi Kyei Darkwah Writes

Peace FM Online 09 Sep 2015
... Rockstone, Native Funklords, Hammer of The Last Two, Obrafuor, Marcus, Lord Kenya and others release their first rap in a highlife song on wax, tape, disk or chip in the Hiplife genre? They all deserve credit but remember; Timelines are crucial even with the silence of the lambs.
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Hiplife Makes Waves In Bronx

Peace FM Online 13 Jul 2010
A fusion of hip hop and the West African music highlife in both name and in substance, hiplife was born in the 1990s when Reggie Rockstone, a Ghanaian living abroad, began rapping in Twi, his native tongue.When Rockstone returned to Accra, Ghana's capital, his songs thrilled ...
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From the Bronx, birthplace of hip-hop music, comes Ghana's 'hiplife'

New York Daily News 29 Jun 2010
A fusion of hip hop and the West African music highlife in both name and in substance, hiplife was born in the 1990s when Reggie Rockstone, a Ghanaian living abroad, began rapping in Twi, his native tongue. When Rockstone returned to Accra, Ghana's capital, his songs thrilled ...
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