Veteran Ghanaian rapper, Reggie Rickstone has been billed to headline the ‘Give Him His Flowers’ concert which is a musical event to honor the legendary rapper.
The event which has been scheduled to take place at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC), being put up by Linmart Media Solutions and The End Production, has been dubbed ‘Give Him His Flowers’.
Popularly known as the Hip-life grandpapa, Reggie Rockstone will share the stage with some high-profile musicians like Bennie Man, Wyclef, Samini, Obrafour, Tinny, Idris Elba, and 2Face Idibia.
Other young artists who were inspired by his craft like Sarkodie, KiDi, Kwami Eugene, and MzVee are also expected to mount the stage on the night.
As part of the celebration, the Grandpapa will also pay a courtesy call on some industry personalities, captains of industries, ministers, and the President of the Republic of Ghana.
Organizers of the event have also intended to show a documentary detailing the life, music, business, and family of Reggie Rockstone both in the Uk and in Ghana.
Reggie Rockstone is often regarded as the creator, originator, and pioneer of the Hiplife genre.
He is a Ghanaian music icon whose talent, style, influence, and personality have continually changed the landscape of the Ghanaian music industry.
Organizers of the event have disclosed that the date for the concert would be disclosed in due time.
About Reggie Rockstone
Reggie Rockstone born Reginald Yaw Asante Osei, “the Godfather of Hiplife” is a Ghanaian rapper. He was born in the United Kingdom but lived his early years in Kumasi and Accra.
He pioneered the Hiplife art and has played an important role in the development of this uniquely African genre in Ghana. He raps in Akan precisely Asante Twi and English.
In 2004, Rockstone won the Kora Award 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 singer Beenie Man called “Chukku Chakka” (in reference to Rockstone’s 1999 hit “Eye Mo De Anaa”, which sampled Fela Kuti). Rockstone is featured in the 2007 documentary “Living the Hiplife” (dir. Jesse Weaver Shipley).
Reggie Rockstone is the son of fashion designer Ricky “Ricci” Osei (Saint Osei). Reggie Rockstone attended Achimota School. Rockstone joined Ghanaian hip-hop group VVIP following the exit of Promzy in 2014.
He used hip-hop beats with authentic phat production and lace it with a true African dialect; The Akan language of Twi. It became the tool to make such butter classics as “Sweetie, Sweetie”, “Tsoo Boi”, “Nightlife in Accra” and “Agoo” from his debut album in 1997 entitled “Makaa! Maka!”.
He was launched on an independent label called KASSA RECORDS which he partly owns, Rockstone has reached Ghanaians and non-Ghanaians across four continents.
Reggie Rockstone is credited as the pioneer of hiplife or “Kasahara music” in Ghana and like some masters of the art of hip hop, he has proclaimed his retirement and out of retirement several times. His specialty is Asante Twi. He is internationally acclaimed, with several performances throughout West Africa, the UK, France, the USA, and Switzerland.
In 2013 he was selected to be a judge of the maiden edition of the GloX Factor Africa along with Onyeka Onwenu and M.I. He was also a judge for the fifth edition of the Malta Guinness Street Dance competition in 2012.
In 2009, Rockstone was one of 17 Public figures, who were outdoored by Globacom to endorse their brand, which was part of their preparations to roll out in Ghana. There was an allegation that he had been dropped as an ambassador but he denied the reports.
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