{"id":20242,"date":"2024-07-09T13:05:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T13:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=20242"},"modified":"2024-07-09T13:05:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T13:05:44","slug":"you-cant-list-ghanas-greatest-rappers-without-el-edem-flowking-okyeame-kwame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=20242","title":{"rendered":"You can\u2019t list Ghana\u2019s greatest rappers without EL, Edem, Flowking \u2013 Okyeame Kwame"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ghanaian rapper Okyeame Kwame has questioned the criteria used for compiling the recent list of greatest rappers in Ghana, published by\u00a0Graphic Showbiz.<\/em><\/p>\n

Speaking to Zionfelix in an interview, the \u2018Best Rapper Alive\u2019 who was placed at the third position on the list said anybody who does a list like that without mentioning EL, Edem and Flowking Stone may not have consulted rappers during their research process.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat criteria did Graphic Showbiz use for that list? RAP is Rhythmic African Poetry; so did they look out for the rhythm, the \u2018Africanness\u2019 or the poetry? Did they use popularity or influence? Or it is based on being able to really rap? Because when I saw the list I didn\u2019t understand why EL, Flowking Stone and Edem Goget\u2019em were not part. What kind of list is this? We talk about the best rappers of all time in Ghana, you can\u2019t take these three people out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Graphic Showbiz\u00a0<\/em>rated in descending order Sarkodie, Obrafour, Okyeame Kwame, Okomfour Kwadee, Lord Kenya, Manifest, Tinny, Reggie Rockstone, Strongman, Eno Barony, Guru, Kojo Cue, Cabum, and Amerado.<\/p>\n

The list, like many others that have been released by different people in the past, has stoked debates in the media circles.<\/p>\n

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This re-ignited debate comes 30 years after the birth of hiplife, a music genre that merged hiphop and Ghanaian local music. A major component of this genre, originated by Reggie Rockstone is rap.<\/div>\n
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Aside the rappers ranked by\u00a0Graphic Showbiz<\/em>\u00a0in their \u201912 GH Greatest Rappers of All Time\u2019 list and the three named by Okyeame Kwame, Ghana can boast of other great rappers such as Lyrical Joe, Omar Sterling, Medikal, King Paluta, Ponobiom, Obibini, among others.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Okyeame Kwame has released the visuals for his latest song \u2018No Competition\u2019 which features Kuami Eugene.<\/p>\n

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