2nd annual Hiplife Festival held in London

With the emergence of Hiplife also comes a generation of gifted musicians and sound engineers.  Hiplife - Tic Tac, Batman, Castro, Buk Bak, Sydney, Obour, Screw Face, Kwabena Kwabena, K K Fosu, Ofori Amponsah, Kofi Nti and many more, are about to blow up and build a fan base.  Sound Engineers - Zapp Mallet, Hammer (The Last 2), JQ, Appietus, Sugar Tone and many more are about to create their own signature tunes.

While Hiplife lives on, it would not have been successful without MUSIGA and personalities in the media who have gone above and beyond to offer their support to these artistes.  There is the great Bola Ray of Joy FM (My main man) who is well respected and loved by many artistes for making a great contribution to promoting Hiplife.  Abeku “Gilbert Aggrey” Santana who have also created a platform for the music to be promoted and getting the recognition it deserves.  There have been countless of DJs who have also helped - and the industry appreciates their contributions.

We also have people behind the scenes, the financiers, executive producers, and distributors such as Goodies, Wayoosi, Big Ben, Agyecoat, Lisarf, Owusek, Allordia e.t.c. who have done well in promoting the music.

It is befitting that a year ago, the first Hiplife Festival was organized in the UK.  Recently, the second annual Hiplife festival also took place in London, UK and organized by Allordia Promotions, Emelio of Westcoakuk.com and Abrantee.com.  They deserve commendations for supporting the industry and realizing that they need to render the necessary support to keep the industry alive.

The event kicked off with a “banging” fashion show and was very interesting to see artistes such as Abrewa Nana, Castro, Boli, Screw Face, Kwabena Kwabena, A-Plus, Tic Tac and new acts like FBS, Roman Phadaz e.t.c performing on stage.

The event happened at the Coronet, Elephant & Castle.  Those who came really got their money’s worth. A big round of applause for the hosts who did a great job; Bola Ray, Eddie (Africa’s funny MC) and sexy Dentaa.

Bolli (You may kiss your bride) is indeed a great dancer who wowed the fans.  Abrewa Nana sung to her adorable fans and is indeed Ghana’s version of Jamaican artiste; Lady Saw except the former is not too explicit on stage like the latter.  Abrewa Nana has her own fans who were singing to her songs as she performed.

It was a big night for the future of Hiplife - Castro, Kwabena Kwabena, Screw Face and FBS.  Castro once again proved that when it comes to music, one must work hard to earn the respect and all accolades that come with it.  The down to earth with a great sense of humor with his popular catchphrase; “Under fire” got everyone on their feet with non-stop hits.  His energy charged performance got many ladies pulling him and grabbing his gold chain.  Castro never disappointed his fans and showed his collaborating skills when he performed with Kwabena Kwabena and Screw Face.

Kwabena Kwabena also got many ladies mesmerized with his incredible voice.  Kwabena Kwabena was always smiling and exhibited humility. He proved that being a superstar is hardwork and was grateful to his fans for all their support.

Screw Face also got some ladies pulling his shirt as he got closer. He left a great impression and his catchphrase; “And the Screw, and the face, buei, bueiyaaee”.  Tic Tac also did great and he deserves a commendation for being part of the movement which started and still doing what he knows best - providing good music to his fans.

The organizers also showed some recognition where Bola Ray was presented with a top honour award for promoting Hiplife like never before.  He got non-stop applauses from everyone in the auditorium as Ms. Confidence of Afrodisiac Nite Club made the presentation.

Bola as commented by many artistes is a great role model and deserves such an accolade.  Bola Ray, more grease to your elbow. “Me brethren mi wan sey you dunno! big up uno chest!, Nuff nuff respect and love from fans worldwide, ya ear me, booey, booey”.”

There were many give-aways as the occasion was also commemorating Ghana’s 50th anniversary.

Big up to Allordia, Emelio of WestcoastUk.com and Abrantee.com for bringing many artistes closer to their fans as a result of the event. Also in attendance was New York’s own Hashim Haruna - aka Bigg Hash - CEO of Boogie Down Nima  (BDN) Productions.