Reggie Rockstone

Veteran Ghanaian musician Reginald Yaw Asante Osei, commercially known in the music space as Reggie Rockstone, the originator of Hiplife, a music genre that fuses Ghanaian Highlife music with Hip-hop, has opined that Payola is one of the factors that hindered the projection of Hiplife. For persons who do not understand the meaning of Payola, it is slang for paying or bribing DJs, radio presenters or TV networks to promote musical works. This is usually illegal in the industry across many countries. Reggie explaining this concept and how it hindered the progress of Hiplife musicians in promoting Hiplife songs, asserted that paying…

Reggie Rockstone referred to as Hiplife Grandpapa, has maintained that most of the songs we hear today are still under his revolutionary Ghanaian music genre Hiplife. Speaking with Tony Best on Akoma FM’s entertainment 360 on Saturday, February 12, 2023, the originator of Hiplife said that, even though in recent times Ghanaian rappers shy away from associating with the Hiplife brand, they still rap in Twi on local beats and that was and still the basic concept of Hiplife. “I think current rappers do not associate with Hiplife because they think Afrobeat is the trending genre now, so they’re comfortable…

Hiplife grandpapa, Reggie Rockstone is expressing worry about the disrespect of young people on social networking service, Twitter. He mentioned that the total disregard for the elderly including himself has caused many foul-tasting encounters on Twitter. Reggie Rockstone, who was speaking on Showbiz 927 recently noted that it was quite unfortunate to see how quick people downplay the contributions of pioneers in the industry. “Sometimes, I do worry because young people will come to Twitter and talk the most trash to an old Gee. And I’m thinking to myself, do you realise I am the most important person to you…

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Veteran Ghanaian musician and pioneer of hiplife music, Reginald Yaw Asante Osei, known by his stage name, Reggie Rockstone speaking on Onua TV’s “Biribi Gye Gye Wo”, reveals how his determination transformed the Ghanaian music landscape. Reggie Rockstone disclosed how his father and fashion designer Ricci Saint Ossei played crucial roles in the history of Ghanaian music. He mentioned that they advised him not to use hip-hop as the name for hiplife when he was working on bringing up the genre. “My father did for Ghana exactly what I did for music. In fact, the hiplife we listen to, my father…