Tag: Asakaa

• MIXTAPE TOWARDS A NEW CONSCIOUSNESS: Exploring Asakaa, Alt Hip Hop, & Trap Politics

  

  This mixtape explores the social and political themes of songs from Ghana’s trap, drill (Asakaa), and alternative hip hop subgenres to find “conscious” hip hop is not its own genre, but rather a thematic standard that can exist in all kinds of rap. Featured songs in order: Snakes by La Même Gang; Wasteman by BlackRead…

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  April 27, 2023

  Ghana, Mixtape, Political Rap, Student Final Projects, Student Projects, Trap Music

  alternative rap, Asakaa, Black Sherif, conscious rap, Ghana, Kwesi Arthur, La Même Gang, M3nsa, Nxwrth, Skyface SDW, Trap

• ‘WO KUM APEM BEBA’ – Jay Bahd and the Asakaa Boyz Lead the Drill Scene in ‘Kumerica’, Ghana

  

  Jay Bahd is one of the figure heads of the Ghanian drill, or ‘Asakaa’, music scene. Bahd and his crew, known as the ‘Asakaa Boyz’ are changing Ghanaian hiphop – mixing US inspiration with the power of a distinct Ghanaian message.

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  January 31, 2023

  Africa, Ghana, Twi

  Asakaa, Asakaa Boyz, Chief Keef, Drill, Ghanaian Drill, Jay Bahd, Kumasi, Kumerica, Kwaku DMC, O'Kenneth, Skyface SDW, Y3 Y3 DOM, Yaw Tog