The introduction of the Hiplife movement and its
growth in the 90s and early 2000s in Ghana was
fueled by something more than money.
According Tic Tac, one of the pioneering artists
who took the genre global, the movement
survived mainly on the passion of the artists and
their promoters to grow and become that
lucrative business it is today.
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show with
Bernard Avle in the build up to Decemba 2
Rememba, powered by Citi 97.3 FM and Airtel,
he shared his story and that of the art
Ghanaians and the world have grown to love so
much.
"I was in secondary school when I started music.
It started somewhere in class 6 and in 1996 I
got into mainstream. I went professional in
1999/2000 when I graduated from Secondary
School. Abraham Ohene Gyan gave me a chance
to go professional. I had done gigs with Azigizah
and Slim Buster before that though. I had a
group called Naty Strangers, we were three and
later we became four," he explained.
According to him, music wasn't his first choice
career. Instead, he wanted to be a lawyer
because he wanted to express himself.
"I always wanted to be a lawyer but along the
line I became a musician. It was another way I
thought I could express myself and my parents
supported me. I used to tell my Dad I wanted to
rehearse with the fish band in my neighborhood.
The fish band gave me a chance and I flew on
that chance. My parents were very supportive.
They made me know that as long as I was going
to be a good boy, I could pursue my passion of
music," he revealed.
Asked what was the driving force behind the
Hiplife movement that employs so many people
now, he explained that the passion to succeed
was huge and that got the results we see today.
