According to entertainment journalist Arnold Asamoah Baidoo, confusion among hiplife’s originators ended the genre.
According to him, the genre has progressed beyond rescue, and the history of hip-hop should be the primary focus.
“Let’s be open and truthful with one another. Hip-hop is no longer relevant. The history of hiplife should be preserved, in my opinion, but let’s leave the question of whether we should hang on to it and continue to do so out of the discussion”.
“Confusion among the originals was one of the factors Arnold highlighted as contributing to the death of hiplife. He claimed that the lack of cohesion even in the name’s creation made the genre unappealing to young people”.
Arnold compared the hiplife genre’s dire position to the “inventor-syndrom” on 3FM’s Showbiz 927 with Caleb Nii Boye.
Everyone desired to set trends in the early phases of the industry’s development, in his perspective.
As a result, the continuous process failed.
After seeing the bustle around them, Arnold identified Azonto and Alkahida as part of the mad rush to be acknowledged as originators.
“Will you want to associate with something that Ghanaians are not even proud of if you are an upcoming artist? Are we not even working together to push it? No. You will therefore continue on your chosen course”.
Arnold concluded by stating that Afrobeats has become a world-recognized music as a result of the combined efforts of Nigerian artists, and that Ghanaians should focus on the history of hiplife and likely retain its contribution to Afrobeat history.
