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Veteran Highlife Musician, Gyedu Blay Ambolley has lamented over poor recognition given to the Ghanaian music especially âhighlifeâ on the International music platforms. The âSimgwaâ act used the Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards as an example to elaborate on his allegations.
The legend said, he wondered how Vodafone Artiste of the year, Stonebwoy got nominated for this year's BET awards.
Mr. Ambolley, added Stonebwoy raps in the âpatoisâ style and âit is just like copying the dancehall thing from Jamaica, the beat is still, the same format so if heâs going to be nominated out of adapting and copying well.
âI donât know what is wrong because if you take highlife, highlife is the tree of dancehall, hip life and all the rest are just branches of that tree but donât forget at a point in time all the branches fall but the tree still standsâ.He added âevery country has its own identity musically and they stay true to their music. The kids that have come, they are adapting, they are coping [and] they are not learning so how am I going to turn it around for it to become mineâŠâMr. Gyedu Blay Ambolley, Known as the father of rap in Ghana quoted,âIf itâs âpatoisâ they go the same way and the kids cheer them on because most of these DJs are young guys who didnât come to meet that highlife element. What they met is the âDancehallâ and others so they think thatâs what it isâ.
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