{"id":432978,"date":"2017-11-01T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T10:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/01\/strongman-nasty-c-others-shortlisted-in-afriq-top-10-new-hip-hop-acts-of-2017\/"},"modified":"2017-11-01T10:00:30","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T10:00:30","slug":"strongman-nasty-c-others-shortlisted-in-afriq-top-10-new-hip-hop-acts-of-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/01\/strongman-nasty-c-others-shortlisted-in-afriq-top-10-new-hip-hop-acts-of-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Strongman, Nasty C, others shortlisted in AfriQ top 10 new hip-hop acts of 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Music of Wednesday,  1 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Muhi-Deen Yakubu<\/p>\n<p>2017-11-01<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/71437845.295.jpg\" alt=\"Hiphopafriq\" title=\"Hiphopafriq\" width=\"295\" height=\"295\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Hip-hop artistes who have been shortlisted by AfriQ<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150909146961482\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150909146961482\"><br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1509530430_694_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Every year the music industry is hit by a fresh new wave of new talents that burst out of the blue into the limelight, capturing our attention with their incredible music talent. <\/p>\n<p>Each coming up with his or her new style and trend.<\/p>\n<p>Deepmusik.com stumbled on a tweet by Fast-emerging pan-African hip-hop entertainment brand, HiphopAfriQ, who have recently put together and released a list of ten of such new African hip-hop artistes whose music is making waves as at late 2016 and this year 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The following were shortlisted in the HiphopAfriQ TOP 10 NewHiphop Acts 2017 based on how their music is transcendent and has gotten people bobbing their heads, tweeting the lyrics or losing themselves on the dance floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Strongman (Ghana)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Nasty C (South Africa)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Kwesta (South Africa)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Flowking Stone (Ghana)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A-Reece (South Africa)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 King Kaka (Kenya)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Frank Casino (South Africa)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Eva Alordiah (Nigeria)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Falz (Nigeria)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Sampa The Great (Zambia)<\/p>\n<p>Watch exclusive below:<\/p>\n<p>Youtube Link: https:\/\/youtu.be\/xBx34fZI2ZY<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 39 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music of Wednesday, 1 November 2017 Source: Muhi-Deen Yakubu 2017-11-01 Hip-hop artistes who have been shortlisted by AfriQ Every year the music industry is hit by a fresh new wave of new talents that burst out of the blue into the limelight, capturing our attention with their incredible music talent. 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