Hiplife legend, Reggie Rockstone has expressed his appreciation to
artistes in Kumasi for their efforts in making sure the region gets on
the map as far as music is concerned.
His commendation comes in after some artistes from Kumasi made the
region proud during the just ended Tigo Unplugged concert in Kumasi at
the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, which Reggie himself took part in an
interview on Kessben FM with DJ Roar.
The "Dogo Yaro" hitmaker’s member, however, mentioned some artistes who
have been making the region proud with good music and also urged them
to do more to survive music from Kumasi.
"In fact, let me thank my guys in Kumasi for making me proud at the
Baba Yara Sports Stadium the last time. I want to give a special
shoutout to some of the respected artistes in Kumasi. First of all,
Cabum, respect. Flowking Stone, Strongman respect. If I don't know your
name, please forgive me and respect to you all." a
The Grandfather of Hiplife music continued to rubbish the claim that it
is only in Accra that an artistes will find greener pastures.
"Another thing is that everyone thinks that you can only be successful
when you conquer Accra. I don't think so. You can be a star in your own
jurisdiction. You can be based in Kumasi and still eat and walk with
pride and eventually the whole world will hear you. But don't use Accra
as your barometer of success. Please don't. In fact, you have a bigger
monopoly because you have a bigger crowd which you are not sharing with
anyone."
Reggie Rockstone is one of the biggest brains behind the origin of
Hiplife music in Ghana, and he also happens to be from Kumasi, the
Ashanti Regional capital.
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