Hiplife

BBC Documentary On Hiplife Lacks Facts – Quophi Okyeame
14 Feb

BBC Documentary On Hiplife Lacks Facts – Quophi Okyeame

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Quophi Okyeame, a broadcaster and one-half of the defunct hiplife duo Akyeame, is not enthused about the BBC’s hiplife documentary on hiplife. The artiste, registering his displeasure about the project, described it as misleading and non-factual. “I watched this Hiplife documentary on YouTube yesterday which is produced by BBC and now fully understand why HIPLIFE IS DEAD. The 30 minutes plus presentation lacks the facts and is very misleading. Apuuu!!! Wei,” he wrote on Twitter. The 27-minute documentary published on BBC Africa’s YouTube page chronicles the genesis of the hiplife genre, its evolutions, influences, and impact. It features the originator…
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The Origin Of Hiplife: How Rapping In Twi ‘Blew People’s Minds’
07 Feb

The Origin Of Hiplife: How Rapping In Twi ‘Blew People’s Minds’

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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 generation of Ghanaians. BBC News Africa spoke to some of the originators of the genre about how the sound came to take over West Africa. Watch the full documentary Hiplife Rewind:       Source: BBC
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