Short Description: This film is a musical portrait of
street life in urban West Africa. It follows the birth of
Hiplife music in Accra, Ghana, a mix of various African
musical forms and American hip hop. Archival footage and
hip hop music videos are remixed with interviews and the
daily lives of rap artists. We follow Reggie Rockstone,
the Godfather of Hiplife in the founding of the musical
movement, as well as the Mobile Boys a group of aspiring
rap artists as they try to make it in the music business.
With humor and personality these characters move across
the political and musical landscape of urban Ghana.