Reggie Rockstone is a rapper of Ghana

Ghana

Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

ian descent, born in Ghana but lived his early years in the United States

United States

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. He has been living in Ghana continuously since he pioneered the Hip-Life movement in 1994. He pioneered the Hiplife

Hiplife

Hiplife is a Ghanaian musical style which fuses highlife and hip hop. It is also influenced by dancehall and reggae. Recorded in Ghanaian languages such as Twi, Ewe and Ga, hiplife is rapidly gaining popularity throughout West Africa and abroad, especially in the United Kingdom, United States,...

 art form and has played an important role in the development of this uniquely African genre in Ghana's capital Accra

Accra

Accra is the capital and largest city of Ghana, with an urban population of 1,658,937 according to the 2000 census. Accra is also the capital of the Greater Accra Region and of the Accra Metropolitan District, with which it is coterminous...

. He raps in Twi

Twi

Asante, or Ashanti, is one of three literary dialects of the Akan language of southern Ghana, and the prestige dialect of that language. It is spoken in and around Kumasi, the capital of the former Ashanti Empire and current subnational Asante Kingdom within Ghana.Along with the Akuapem dialect,...

 and English

English language

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. In 2004, Rockstone won the Kora Award

Kora Awards

The Kora Awards are music awards given annually for musical achievement in sub-Saharan Africa. Founded in 1994 by Ernest Adjovi, they are comparable to the American Grammy Awards in intent...

 for the best African Video and he performed in front of a 50,000 person crowd in Ghana, together with Shaggy. In 2006 he recorded a track with the Jamaican Dancehall

Dancehall

Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably,...

 singer Beenie Man

Beenie Man

Anthony Moses Davis , better known by his stage name Beenie Man, is a Grammy award winning Jamaican reggae artist. He is the self-proclaimed "King of the Dancehall".-Biography:...

 called 'Chukku Chakka' (in reference to Rockstone's 1999 hit, 'Eye Mo De Anaa', which sampled Fela Kuti

Fela Kuti

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).
Reggie Rockstone is the Son of legendary Fashion designer, Ricky 'Ricci' Osei (Saint Osei).

Style

Reggie's style incorporates and reflects the call and response approach which runs through African music and has a long history. His song Agoo off the Maka Maka album reflects this approach vividly. Fundamentally a storyteller, Reggie has attempted to tell the story of contemporary Ghana from an urban perch: the struggles,contradictions, triumphs and hopes. "NightLife in Accra" is one track which delineates the socio-political concerns of Reggie's artistic endeavours.

Other Ventures

After enjoying enormous success in the entertainment industry as one of the greatest rappers of all time and the forerunner of the genre “HipLife”, Reggie now takes a new turn as the CEO of Rockstone’s Office formerly known as Office Night club. This hangout is a blend of club and pub so he terms it “PLUB”. PLUB is a self coined word from Pub and Club used by Reggie to define his new hangout in the heart of the business city of Accra. A serene and exclusive PLUB that is structured to answer all your club and Pub needs. He is also an ambassador for Globacom Ghana ltd a telecommunication giant in Africa. Reggie Rockstone exudes high sense of fashion, style and sophistication.
He is now the leader of a new youth revolution dubbed "Beyond The Tunnel". It is a youth empowerment program organised by NewMax Company LTD(www.newmaxcompany.com) to empower the youth to always wait on their turn for greatness and never give up. This program is organised in the universities in Ghana in the form of a public lecture.

Albums

Rockstone recorded for albums for the Kassa Records label and one for MixerPot:

• Makaa Maka (I Said It Because I Said It), 1997
• Me Na Me Kae (I Was The One Who Said It), 1999
• Me Ka (I Will Say), 2000
• Last show, 2004
• Reggiestration, 2010

External links

• http://www.hiplifelovers.com Most Popular Site for Ghana Music
• http://www.ghanamusic.com/search/?domains=www.ghanamusic.com&q=reggie+rockstone&sa=Search&sitesearch=ghanamusic.com&client=pub-9860319315375096&forid=1&channel=1188097140&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&flav=0000&sig=kT0qSuME5qru11Ef&cof=GALT%3A%23008000%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23ffffff%3BVLC%3Ad20000%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BLBGC%3A006699%3BALC%3A006699%3BLC%3A006699%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3A6131BD%3BGIMP%3A6131BD%3BFORID%3A11&hl=enGhana Music.com articles on Reggie Rockstone]
• Reggie Rockstone info, lyrics, audio, etc
• Interview with Reggie Rockstone about his life, and music
• Videos on YouTube
• Reggie Rockstone Reggie Rockstone HomePage on Ghana Base Music
• [http://livingthehiplife.haverford.edu A feature film documentary centering around Reggie Rockstone]