Legendary Ghanaian hiplife artist cum entrepreneur, Reggie Rockstone has disclosed that his father funded his music career when he started doing music hence the creation of the hiplife genre.
Reggie Rockstone has been named as the ‘grandpapa’ of hiplife song. Reggie Rockstone is credited as the pioneer of hiplife or Kasahara music in Ghana and like some masters of the art of hip hop.
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Speaking on the Y Leaderboard series which was hosted by AJ on Y107.9 FM, Reggie Rockstone disclosed that his father, the famous fashion designer, Ricci Osei paid for his flight to Ghana to pursue his dream as an artist and also funded his music career when he first started doing music.
“My father supported me from the jump and as a matter of fact, if it was not for Ricci, I would not have been here”. He also disclosed that his father was present in his life when the new music genre, “hiplife” was introduced.
“He was part of the process, he’s the one that funded hiplife, he’s the one that built me the studio and he’s the one that paid for all those videos that you watch so when you talk about hiplife, my father’s probably the biggest investor”, Reggie stated.
Source: www.ghgossip.com
