I’m the undisputed originator of Hiplife – Reggie Rockstone fights back

Maxwell Amoofia
Reggie Rockstone

Veteran Ghanaian artist Reggie Rockstone has stressed that he is the undisputed originator of Hiplife music.

One of the key contributors to the formation of Hiplife music, Abraham Ohene-Djan refuted claim that Reggie Rockstone and Panji Anoff originated the genre.

Abraham Ohene-Djan, a renowned filmmaker behind some of the Hiplife music videos shot in the 90s, explained that the two personalities did not invent the popular genre.

The music video director said plainly that Zapp Mallet should rather be credited as the originator.

In his response, Reggie Rockstone took time to detail his return from the United States to establish the Hiplife culture in Ghana.

He said his late father Ricci Ossei ( Saint Ossei), a renowned fashion designer inspired his music career and was the one who suggested the name Hiplife to him.

”He told me not to call it Hip Hop. He said stop the foreign life; let’s do a hybrid; Hip Hop, Highlife and we got Hiplife. It was my father and myself.”

”I am the originator, undisputable. You can go up, down, left, right or center, you will not find an iota of proof from anyone of them showing anyone. They claim it’s Gyedu Blay Ambulley Uncle but when you ask Uncle Gyedu Blay Ambulley, he will tell I had to name it Hiplife”, he told Nkonkonsa.

However, Abraham Ohene-Djan has promised to put out some evidences from his archives to prove that Reggie Rockstone is not the originator of Hiplife.

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