INTRODUCTION
Greetings – Thank you for inviting me.

Hiplife is a variant of the prototype hip-hop just as Kwaito, Graffiti, Spoken word, Urban fashion, DJ-ing among others.
Since Run DMC and Aerosmith blew our minds some 20 years ago, hip-hop has been the only global culture which is spreading without the use of force under the whip.

Hip-hop has created millionaire beat makers, record companies, marketeers, rappers, designers and in fact has employed more black youth than any other industry in the world. Oh just an exaggeration!!
Hip-hop rap is about 25 to 30 years whiles hip-life is about 15 years. Therefore, obviously, hiplife is a derivative of hip-hop.

The right to sell music is the right given to all music making persons ,this right should be given a helping hand to new artist who are just into the music industries.

What is called the music business today is not the business of producing music. At some point it became the business of selling CDs in plastic cases, and that business will soon be over. But that's not bad news for music, and it's certainly not bad news for musicians. Indeed, with all the ways to reach an audience, there have never been more opportunities for artists.

What is music?
First, a definition of terms. What is it we're talking about here? What exactly is being bought and sold? In the past, music was something you heard and experienced, Nana Kwame Ampadu, Teacher and his band etc it was as much a social event as a purely musical one. Before recording technology existed, you could not separate music from its social context because what ever these legends talk about in their music those days reflects the realities of the society then. Music was an experience, intimately married to your life. You could pay to hear music, do we still do that? Or we listen for free.

Well, that may be harsh. But is hiplife dying? Listen closely to prime time radio, the airplay is dominated by gospel, highlife and 'new school' type music. For a few weeks in the year, there were no 'hiplife' songs on the major chart shows. Not even Kwaw Kese's Odiem. Some pundits argue that Kwaw Kese is the only surviving hiplife artiste. Not the major one o, the only surviving. What happened to hiplife?

The major factor that drives airplay in Ghana these days is money. If you want to circulate your music video (whether shot by Phamous People, Ohenemedia or by your own camcorder), you have to pay for it. Judging by CD sales, you'll want to be conservative with how much rotation you pay for. It is worse for radio promotion. Deejays 'collect' 1 million cedis (more than $100) to play a song on air. There are over 50 stations in the Accra and Kumasi municipalities alone, each with a number of DJS. Do the math and see how much constant spinning a Ghanaian musician can afford.

Press Statement From Colossal Entertainment Limited

Colossal would like to use this medium to inform friends ,members of the public and fellow participants in the Nigeria entertainment industry that there continues to exist a case between Colossal Entertainment Nigeria Limited and Mr. Emmanuel Okose, (the artist known also as Soul E) before the Federal High Court.

Hello, there have been various statement in the media about Soul E (Emmanuel Ifechukwude Okose) and his relation with his record label - Colossal Entertainment. Please find attached material that will allow you have a much more balanced opion about the situation.
I am posting pictures showing:

1/.how he looked when he joined the label
2/.Of him signing his contract he claims was signed under duress
3/.and the letter written to him asking him to report back to work

Please compare what Soul E looked like when he came to us and how he was after we changed him.

Kenya: Is This Man the Country's Richest Musician? - Wamaria uses business and political skills to rake in millions in a difficult field, writes JOHN KARIUKI [All Africa.com music]

Musician Kennedy Wambua Nguze's personal identification reads like this:

Age: 36.

Job description: Musician/entrepreneur.

Marital status: Married with two children.

Financial status: Millionaire.

Tune Your World

Do you believe we can change the world through music?

Featured here is Calabash music's effort to support African music and musicians by getting users to buy 10 songs by African Artists .

Zimbabwe: Musicians Brave Ban to Record Protest Album - SEVERAL high profile Zimbabwean musicians have come together to produce a social commentary on the hardships affecting the country. [All Africa.com music]

Leonard Zhakata is at it again, after his run-ins with the Mugabe government. He wants to get himself banned. But he knows silence is not golden, it means consent.

This entry is about the story. and Zimbabweans.
I will try and get commentaries concerning this issue and keep you duly informed.

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  Album Dondo
  Artistes Obour, Gyo, Rocky Dawuni
  Language Twi, English
  Runtime 6:25
  Writer Bice Osei Kuffour
  Year 2003