Ball J

Albert Serebo Ayeh-Hanson, known by his stage name Ball J, has lamented how Ghana has failed in commercializing Highlife music. According to the renowned sound engineer, although Highlife has been accepted as a Ghanaian genre, the most difficult thing is how to make it enter the Grammys. Ball J said we either have to redefine Highlife or introduce a new genre of music during an interview on Cape Coast-based Property FM. “As for Ghana we have our real identity as Highlife which is perfect but making the Highlife commercial is what we’ve failed. Because we have Highlife in Ghana that…

Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer, Ball J has described himself as a successful record producer but a failed musician. Explaining his stance in an interview with Amansan Krakye, the Hip Hop artiste said that lack of support in the music industry has made him a failure. “My assessment is that as a producer I’ve done very well but looking at Ghana music I will say if I look at myself I’ve failed as a musician. Because there is no support in the industry but personally I’m doing very well but nationally I have failed due to the lack of support.…