Reggie Rockstone (Biography)

 

Reginald Osei popularly known throughout the world as Reggie Rockstone (the Godfather of Hiplife) is a rapper of Ghanaian origin. He was born in Britain on 11th April in the late 1960's and raised in his motherland Ghana.
Reggie lived some part of his life in the United States where he attached himself to the hip hop movement in the early 80's as a dancer. He then came back to permanently live in his motherland. 1994 remains the turning point of his entertainment career as he came back to Ghana to start the hip life genre. He has played  important roles in the development of this uniquely African genre in Ghana. He raps in style in both English and Twi (a language spoken by some Akans in Ghana).

In 2004, Rockstone won the Kora Awards for the best African Video and he performed in front of a 50,000 person crowd in Ghana, together with international artistes like Shaggy. In 2006 he recorded another hit track with the Jamaican Dancehall artiste, Beanie man titled “Chuku Chaka”
Rockstone recorded three albums for the Kassa Records label:

• 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

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