{"id":446578,"date":"2017-12-13T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T09:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/i-coined-kasahare-obrafour\/"},"modified":"2017-12-13T09:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T09:00:29","slug":"i-coined-kasahare-obrafour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/i-coined-kasahare-obrafour\/","title":{"rendered":"I coined \u2018kasahare\u2019 \u2013 Obrafour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Music of Wednesday, 13 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-13<\/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\/33861884.295.jpg\" alt=\"Obrafour 11\" title=\"Obrafour 11\" width=\"295\" height=\"159\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ace hiplife artiste, Obrafour<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813995117\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813995117\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513155629_109_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ace hiplife artiste, Michael Elliot Kwabena Okyere Darko, known in showbiz as Obrafour, has disclosed he coined the popular term \u2018Kasahare\u2019 \u2013 the local name given to rap music in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Kasahare in the local parlance means \u2018fast talk\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Yaanom hit maker revealed he was the originator of the term on the Class Drive with Prince Benjamin on Class91.3FM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKasahare is a word I coined,\u201d he said, while playing the \u2018Inner-View\u2019 game show, a segment on the Class Drive.<\/p>\n<p>According to the award-winning rapper, he first came up with the term on his debut album &#8216;Pae Mu Ka&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining how he coined the term, Obrafour said: \u201cI play with words, sometimes I do try to make up my own words and that\u2019s how come I got it. I was trying to understand how rap will be called in the Twi [language]. I realised rap is like fast-talking, so I said why not call it \u2018kasahare\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The terminology, Kasahare, has come to be widely accepted especially by the youth as the traditional name for rap music in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Asked to choose his favourite rappers in the country at the moment, Obrafour said exempting Reggie Rockson, his favourites are: Sarkodie, M.anifest, Kofi Kinaata, Okyeame Kwame, E.L. and Tee Flow.<\/p>\n<p>Obrafour has been in the music industry for close to two decades with several albums and awards to his credit and he is widely respected by his peers because of his composed nature.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 65 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, 13 December 2017 Source: classfmonline.com 2017-12-13 Ace hiplife artiste, Obrafour Ace hiplife artiste, Michael Elliot Kwabena Okyere Darko, known in showbiz as Obrafour, has disclosed he coined the popular term \u2018Kasahare\u2019 \u2013 the local name given to rap music in Ghana. Kasahare in the local parlance means \u2018fast talk\u2019. The Yaanom hit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":436205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-446578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I coined \u2018kasahare\u2019 \u2013 Obrafour - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/i-coined-kasahare-obrafour\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"I coined \u2018kasahare\u2019 \u2013 Obrafour - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Music of Wednesday, 13 December 2017 Source: classfmonline.com 2017-12-13 Ace hiplife artiste, Obrafour Ace hiplife artiste, Michael Elliot Kwabena Okyere Darko, known in showbiz as Obrafour, has disclosed he coined the popular term \u2018Kasahare\u2019 \u2013 the local name given to rap music in Ghana. 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