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Ras Kuuku. Credit: @flynimaboy \u2014 Twitter<\/p>\n
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Ghanaian Reggae\/ Dancehall musician, Ras Kuuku, has shared his opinion on the current state of Reggae music in Ghana. Contrary to popular beliefs, he maintains that Reggae music is \u201cnot dead\u201d.<\/p>\n
Ras Kuuku made an appearance on Joy FM\u2019s Showbiz A-Z last Saturday, during the discussion, \u2018Is Reggae Music an endangered genre of music in Ghana today?\u2019 where he opined that reggae is distinct from other types of music. \u201cReggae is not a TikTok song that would just come and boom up the whole place like two to three weeks and it\u2019s gone\u201d, he said to Host George Quaye.<\/p>\n
The \u2018Wo\u2019 hitmaker, while refuting the notion that reggae music is dying in Ghana, wondered, \u201cReggae comes and stays forever, \u2026 for people to say that there is no reggae song or reggae artist or reggae is dying in Ghana\u2026 if you say that then I don\u2019t know, anyone who says that is a hypocrite\u201d.<\/p>\n
Ahuma \u201cDaddy Bosco\u201d Ocansey, Director of Communications and projects at the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), weighed in on the matter, buttressing Ras Kuuku\u2019s point that Reggae music is not dying. \u201cIt has rather metamorphosed into various spheres of the industry\u2026 look at my girl Adina she is not a reggae artist but she did a classic song and it will continue to be like that till thy kingdom come\u201d, he revealed. He also quizzed, \u201cRihanna is not a reggae artist but you remember [her song] man down?\u201d.<\/p>\n
Ras Kuuku however acknowledged the effort Reggae artists put into promoting their music, admitting that the genre requires extra work to make it on trends. \u201cGhanaians love to dance more, so should a reggae song drop today, and a dancehall [song] drops today, definitely they would all go towards the dancehall\u201d, he explained.<\/p>\n
He used the opportunity to reiterate that there\u2019s a need to separate the Reggae and Dancehall genres. \u201cWe\u2019ve always said that they need to split that reggae dancehall thing, you need to have reggae song of the year, and dancehall song of the year\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n
Ras Kuuku believes that doing so will aid in the recognition of real reggae artists.<\/p>\n
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