Reggie Rockstone on Hiplife & New Pursuits

Thirty years ago, a young Reggie Rockstone, having been involved in the hip hop movement for years, returned to Ghana to start a new movement he named hiplife - a fusion of hip hop and Ghanaian highlife music. From the mid 1990s to mid 2000s, hiplife music dominated the Ghanaian music scene. Even as the sound continues to evolve, it's having to compete with newer sounds from Nigeria and South Africa which now dominate the Ghanaian music scene. We speak with the godfather of Hiplife music, Reggie Rockstone about the future of his movement.

Audio excerpts: Credit - CNN African Voices, New Scientist (YouTube).

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