Just weeks after Choice FM’s DJ Abrantee launched his own Afrobeats show in London, the genre seems to be having a sway on mainstream music with artists such as Snoop Dogg, Sway and Tinchy Stryder confessing to be fans.
Hiplife which originally derived from Afrobeats is Africa’s version of Hip Hop. The music genre thrives everywhere in Africa especially Ghana and is now hotting the dance floors of London.
Alordia and West Coast Promotions, the same organisers that brought the O2 Ghana Independence are doing it again.
The 20th of August 2011 will see a line up of Ghana’s biggest Hiplife & Afrobeats artists such as: Ruff-N-Smooth, Stay J, Tiffany and Kwabena Kwabena.
Alordia said, “This is the fourth time we are organising the Hiplife festival, but this one will be big, No long Ting! We have the right artists and the right venue. Don’t miss it.”
Other performers include: Sunderland striker, Asamoah Gyan, who will ‘do the dance’ with Castro, while Atumpan will be entertaining the crowd with his popular single, ‘Small girl you don’t know the ting’.
The festival as described by Alordia ‘strictly Afrobeat’ is certainly a night not to be missed.
For tickets visit www.ticketmaster.co.uk.
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