Okyeame Quophi, a media personality and one-half of the defunct Hiplife duo Akyeame, believes the Hiplife genre is not as extinct as some claim.
Speaking
on 3Music TV’s Culture Daily, he argued that the music genre lost its appeal
when arguments emerged over who invented it. According to Okyeame Quophi,
the Azonto genre had a similar challenge; yet, because Afrobeat has not been
claimed by anyone, it has enjoyed commercial success on a global scale. His comments
follow the release of BBC’s Documentary HIPLIFE
REWIND.
“In
Reggie’s case, immediately that (I am the one that invented it, I am the
creator) everyone said ok. If it’s for you then take it. So everyone stopped
calling their music Hiplife because immediately you subscribe to Hiplife it
looks like you are working for Reggie who is going to collect all the credit at
the end of the day. Look at the argument on Azonto, whether it was Sarkodie who
brought it. That also killed Azonto. But Azonto became a worldwide phenomenon and
we with our argument of who owns what will kill it eventually. Now Afrobeats is
big. Let’s ask ourselves who is arguing about who owns Afrobeats?"
Okyeame
Quophi adds that the success of Hiplife was the result of the toil of other
music industry players and not just the effort of one person.
“You
brought it but we made it a hit. Reggie Rockstone alone couldn’t have done it. Reggie
Rockstone brought it but it took everybody that produced, put in their money, their
talents and everything in there to make Hiplife what it became. Until somebody
wanted so much to take all the credit and everybody is like ok if that is the
case then I’m not doing it anymore.”
BBC’s
Documentary HIPLIFE REWIND examines
the history of Ghana's enduring musical genre through the personal narratives
of significant performers and creators in the profession.
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