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	== Summary ==		== Summary ==
	Reggie Rockstone, born Reginald Yaw Asante Ossei, is a Ghanaian rapper associated with the development and popularization of [[Hiplife\|hiplife]]. His use of Twi within [[Hip-hop\|hip-hop]] helped establish a widely influential Ghanaian popular-music language.<ref name="reggie-mia">[https://musicinafrica.net/directory/reggie-rockstone/ Music In Africa: Reggie Rockstone biography]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>		Reggie Rockstone, born Reginald Yaw Asante Ossei, is a Ghanaian rapper associated with the development and popularization of [[Hiplife\|hiplife]]. His use of Twi within [[Hip-hop\|hip-hop]] helped establish a widely influential Ghanaian popular-music language.<ref name="reggie-mia">[https://musicinafrica.net/directory/reggie-rockstone/ Music In Africa: Reggie Rockstone biography]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>

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	== Life and career ==		== Life and career ==
	Dance preceded his major recording success. ''Makaa! Maka!'' appeared in 1997 through Kassa Records, an independent label he partly owned. Later work included international collaborations and participation in VVIP from 2014. His career spans individual records and group activity.<ref name="reggie-mia" />		Dance preceded his major recording success. ''Makaa! Maka!'' appeared in 1997 through Kassa Records, an independent label he partly owned. Later work included international collaborations and participation in [[VIP (Ghanaian group)\|VVIP]] from 2014. His career spans individual records and group activity.<ref name="reggie-mia" />

	== Music and style ==		== Music and style ==
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	== Works and performances ==		== Works and performances ==
	''Makaa Maka'' includes 'Tsoo Boi', 'Sweetie Sweetie' and 'Nightlife in Accra'. The artist's release page also lists ''Me Na Me Kae'', ''M3 Ka'', ''The Last Show'' and ''ReggieStration''. These recordings provide a route through successive stages of his solo catalogue alongside the VVIP collaborations.<ref name="reggie-release">[https://reggierockstone.bandcamp.com/album/makaa-maka Reggie Rockstone: Makaa Maka, artist release page and discography]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>		''Makaa Maka'' includes 'Tsoo Boi', 'Sweetie Sweetie' and 'Nightlife in Accra'. The artist's release page also lists ''Me Na Me Kae'', ''M3 Ka'', ''The Last Show'' and ''ReggieStration''. These recordings provide a route through successive stages of his solo catalogue alongside the [[VIP (Ghanaian group)\|VVIP]] collaborations.<ref name="reggie-release">[https://reggierockstone.bandcamp.com/album/makaa-maka Reggie Rockstone: Makaa Maka, artist release page and discography]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>

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== Summary ==
Reggie Rockstone, born Reginald Yaw Asante Ossei, is a Ghanaian rapper associated with the development and popularization of [[Hiplife|hiplife]]. His use of Twi within [[Hip-hop|hip-hop]] helped establish a widely influential Ghanaian popular-music language.<ref name="reggie-mia">[https://musicinafrica.net/directory/reggie-rockstone/ Music In Africa: Reggie Rockstone biography]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>

== Life and career ==
Dance preceded his major recording success. ''Makaa! Maka!'' appeared in 1997 through Kassa Records, an independent label he partly owned. Later work included international collaborations and participation in VVIP from 2014. His career spans individual records and group activity.<ref name="reggie-mia" />

== Music and style ==
Hiplife connects rap practice with Ghanaian language and musical reference points, including [[Highlife|highlife]]. The historical overview in Music In Africa places Rockstone among several pioneers and identifies sampling of older recordings in his early work. This broader context recognizes his major role without reducing the genre's emergence to one performer.<ref name="reggie-history">[https://musicinafrica.net/fr/magazine/le-hiplife-au-ghana/ Music In Africa: Le hiplife au Ghana, historical overview]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>

== Works and performances ==
''Makaa Maka'' includes 'Tsoo Boi', 'Sweetie Sweetie' and 'Nightlife in Accra'. The artist's release page also lists ''Me Na Me Kae'', ''M3 Ka'', ''The Last Show'' and ''ReggieStration''. These recordings provide a route through successive stages of his solo catalogue alongside the VVIP collaborations.<ref name="reggie-release">[https://reggierockstone.bandcamp.com/album/makaa-maka Reggie Rockstone: Makaa Maka, artist release page and discography]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>

Selected recordings in MuGlobe:
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B_i2nPVf08 Keep Your Eyes on the Road] — [[Hiplife]].
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJzyDBq0zKk Reggie Rockstone "Life Hip" music video (2023)] — [[Hiplife]].
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu1jvhEhhJc Reggie Rockstone - M3 De B3 Bom] — [[Hiplife]].

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