Veteran Hiplife artiste Tinny has argued that radio presenters and DJs should not take money, commonly known as “payola”, ...

Hiplife, the genre of music that is supposed to catapult Ghana music to the international arenas, auditoriums, garner Grammy-like awards and sell million records worldwide is stalling and the many ...

A musical movement in Africa reshapes hip-hop. Nov. 9, 2007— -- A quick Google search of the phrase "HipLife" pulls up a surprising 78.8 million hits. But what is it? A fad diet? A new self-help ...

Celebrated Ghanaian rapper and songwriter, Okyeame Kwame has bemoaned the seeming neglect of the hiplife tag by the current crop of rappers. According to Okyeame, a lot of young rappers in Ghana would ...

Hiplife is a music genre birthed in Ghana in the early 90s from a fusion of American hip-hop and Ghanaian highlife music. It established itself as music with a truly African identity for a new ...

Legendary rapper, Reggie Rockstone, has registered his displeasure with the non-inclusion of hiplife in the list of genres captured in the definition of Grammy’s newly-created African Music ...

The borough where hip hop was born has a new beat – hiplife. An uptempo sound that echoes Ghana‘s jazzy highlife music and American hip hop, hiplife is on the brink of a Bronx breakout. At least Felix ...

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