Music of Thursday, 1 November 2012 Source: Ofori, Oral By Oral OforiThe GenesisReginald Ossei; also known as Reggie Rockstone, the creator of hiplife, a Ghanaian music genre which is a fusion of authentic Ghanaian lyrics with a mixture of traditional Ghanaian language and hip-hop instrumentals believes Ghana music has not done enough justice to HipLife as a genre. To right this wrong, Reggie is about to embark on organizing the first ever hiplife music awards in Ghana.The Godfather of hiplife believes as the inventor of the genre, no one is better placed to talk about and judge this style of music better than the one who started it— himself. Hiplife is akin to the hip-hop movement which begun in the United States
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