This film is a musical portrait of street life in urban West Africa. It follows the birth of Hiplife music in Accra, Ghana, a mix of various African musical forms and American hip hop. Archival footage and hip hop music videos are remixed with interviews and the daily lives of rap artists. We follow Reggie Rockstone, the Godfather of Hiplife in the founding of the musical movement, as well as the Mobile Boys a group of aspiring rap artists as they try to make it in the music business. With humor and personality these characters move across the political and musical landscape of urban Ghana.
Directors :
Jesse W Shipley
Markets :
Documentary
Year Released : 2007
Country : US/Ghana
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Trailer and More
Screenings
African Studies Association Annual Meeting, 2007
Society for Visual Anthropology Film Festival, 2007