The issue of who is the originator of the Ghanaian music genre, Hiplife has been lurking in the music industry for some time.
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.
While hiplife legend Reggie Rockstone for years has insisted that he originated hiplife, several Key personalities who contributed immensely to the growth of the genre have disputed the claim.
But speaking on The Chat on Channel One TV – hosted by Ekow Koomson, legendary sound engineer Appiah Dankwah better known as Appietus has settled the score
While discussing the topic of “Ghana’s Musical Identity” on the show, Appietus named Reggie Rockstone as the originator of Hiplife.
Appietus has produced over 200 monster hit songs. The name Appietus gained prominence from his signature “Appietus in the mix”. It was, however, coined from the phrase “Appiahs’ Tools”
