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Hip Life: A Way Of Life

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Currently, music has influenced almost everything we do in our daily activities. People listen to music when resting, while driving or being driven, advertising and even when they are studying. Music in Africa is growing rapidly because of the Internet that has made it easier to distribute and share it. Music has got the power to move people in different and mysterious ways. Hip life, a genre of music, has found a way of connecting the people of Ghana even though it remains in its local dialect which is not understood by the everybody in Africa, can also help the people of Africa connect to one another because of it’s rapid growth continentally. Hiplife is very popular genre of music in Ghana, which is a mixture of hip-hop and rap with highlife, …show more content…

Hiplife is not just a genre of music as people know it as but it is a way of life. Hiplife has been able to breakdown barriers between countries. Hiplife has influenced the way people think, reason and act towards things in the society. According to Daniel Barenboim (n.d.), when playing music, it is possible to achieve a unique sense of peace.”(n/a) It has helped bring more peace into the country and as a result Ghana has moved to 44th in the ranking of most peaceful countries in the world (Global Index Peace, 2016, p.11). Hiplife has allowed people of different language to appreciate one another. This is because Hiplife is mostly performed in the local dialect and even though others would not understand, it is growing worldwide which means that it is really being appreciated and it is gradually promoting peace. Hiplife is an art that helps us rethink the past, the present and the future. This gives us a chance and the opportunity to learn from the past. According to Oliver Sacks (2009), “In terms of brain development, music performance is a every bit as important educationally as reading or writing”(n/a). Hiplife has developed a means of educating the general public by giving them values and qualities such as learning to listen and share ideas, and learning to respect and work with others. Hiplife It also helped us develop emotional communication, empathy and unity. Hiplife has given people a sense of belonging to a bigger whole. People express themselves through songs and Hiplife, which is performed in the local dialect, would help the person express himself/herself better because they would do it in a dialect they are comfortable with. Music is a big industry in the world and it is a source of income for a lot of people now. Hiplife, unlike and other genre of music, has built and is climbing it’s way to the chain of music. Hiplife is

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