Ghanaian rapper turned evangelist Abraham Philip Akpor Kojo better known as Lord Kenya has revealed details of his beef with hiplife ‘Grandpapa’ Reggie Rockstone.
The two rappers were Ghana’s topmost in the 90s and reigned for years. As expected the two often beefed to ascertain who the better of them was.
However, the beef ended in 2001, when Kenya was crowned “Artiste of the Year” at the Ghana Music Awards.
He also won the topmost award, “Song of the Year”, which settled the dust and his place as the best musician at the time.
Speaking in an interview, Lord Kenya made some shocking revelations about himself and Reggie, saying his presence on the scene put some fear in the latter.
“Even before bringing out my album,” he said on Hammer Time show, “Reginald [Reggie Rockstone] used to fear me. Even though he was in the mainstream business and I was underground, he saw me as a threat.”
He went on to say: “Mahoney P wasn’t my target; Reginald was the target. Because he made hiplife popular at that time.
“He feared at the time that I would dominate with Twi rap because he was doing English at the time. I rapped in English, Twi and even Patois so he was afraid.”
He said the beef was healthy because it was meant for them to prove their worth.
“But I think it [beef] was healthy. It was about ‘prove yourself’.”
He also revealed that he took inspiration from late American rapper 2Pac Shakur.
“It was [2] Pac. He was a literature rapper. That’s why he is still relevant. Poetry is powerful.”
“Pac hadn’t come into the scene when I was rapping. I was underground rapper when I first heard him and I was like ‘this is what I was talking about’.”
“You couldn’t picture him when he is rapping. So, I took inspiration from him and did it in Twi.”
Watch the full interview below.
