Akan – Edwom No Freestyle (Lord Kenya Cover)

Rapper, Akan went into his bag and came out with a freestyle that once again, exhibits his incredible rap skills and also, offers a hint of nostalgia to rap fans above age 20. Borrowing the beat of Lord Kenya’s “Endwom No”, Akan in 2 minutes, 34 seconds remind us of what hiplife used to sound like -a reference to the […]

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That Time Obrafour And Scooby Selah Went To War On “Asem Sebe”

When legendary Ghanaian rapper, Obrafour is going to war, he prepares very extensively. He goes into battles to mutilate his rivals. As a reputed rapper whose eloquence and mastery of the Twi language is as impeccable as a seasoned linguist, he chooses his words with care; each lyric carved to pierce the heart and body of his enemy, one line […]

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Lord Kenya And His Epistles About Money

‘’You got the money, you got the power’’. This refrain is a favourite of my granny. She says it with all the vigour an octogenarian could muster whenever you joked that she is rich. I couldn’t help laughing out loud the first time I heard her utter those words. The year was 1997. I was in my first year in […]

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Throwback: Dasebre Dwamena feat. Lord Kenya – Kokooko

The ripples that Dasebre Dwamena’s breakthrough debut caused was to be expected. It shot him into the limelight, resulting in him becoming one of the finest highlife artistes of all time. It also injected a renewed verve into highlife music, which at that point, was waning in popularity- hiplife was entering into a golden era. “Kokooko”, released in 1999 as […]

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