Ghana - Museke African artistes

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This arranges the lyrics by country and then musicians from the various countries.
If you want lyrics from Ugandan musicians, just go to http://www.museke.com/all/ppl/uganda.

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4x4

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4x4

4x4 is made up of Captain Planet and Abortion. Captain Planet's real name is Sylvanus Dodji Jeoffrey. Abortion was christened Raphael Edem Avornyo. The 4x4 crew was first made up of these two and Ronnie Coches and Bright Bling Sparkles, the latter two have been known as Buk Bak on the Ghana music scene. Captain Planet is known to be the first person to rap in Akuapem and he also raps in Twi, Ga, Ewe, and Pidgin English.

Abortion, who is a ragga artiste, started rapping with a group called Kokorokoo which featured Ghana's premier Akuapem rapper, Pope Skinnie.

5Five (Five five)

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5Five (Five five)

5-5 (5Five) is a pop fusion duo with an inclining for experimental genres that have crossover appeal. It is made up of Luther Azamati (Papi) and Jeffery Opoku Agyekum (Killy). They rep Adabraka, a suburb of Accra. They grew up around a lot of music and were exposed to a plethora of genres which still influence their song writing and flow.

A-Plus

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Kwame Asare Obeng (A Plus) is a hiplife artiste who seems to take great interest in rapping about politics and social issues.

He released an album, Freedom of Speech I right before the 2000 elections in Ghana. The hit track, "Mesuro mpo na merekeka yi o" talked about how he was afraid of what he was saying and doing but he was still saying it, in the light of democracy as he lambasted politicians. Another song used Dr. Ephraim Amu's Yen ara asase ni chorus. His style was new and a welcome addition to the hiplife landscape.

A. B. Crentsil

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A. B. Crentsil

A. B. Crentsil is one of the evergreen highlife artistes of Ghana. He grew up playing the guitar, While working as an electrician in his youth, he also performed with the Strollers Band owned by one Kwesi Donkor. AB has played with the El Dorado's, Sweet Talks and then finally the Ahenfo Band.

He emerged on the Ghanaian music scene in the 1960's, playing with the El Dorado's Sweet Talks and the Ahenfo band which helped make guitar highlife more popular.