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	== Summary ==		== Summary ==
	Tic Tac is a Ghanaian rapper associated with [[Hiplife\|hiplife]], later performing under the shortened name Tic. His career includes storytelling hits and collaborations linking Ghana with other West African popular-music scenes.<ref name="tic-joy">[https://www.modernghana.com/music/8739/the-man-tic-tac-a-biography.html MyJoyOnline / Modern Ghana: The man Tic Tac, 12 February 2009]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>		Tic Tac is a Ghanaian rapper associated with [[Hiplife\|hiplife]], later performing under the shortened name Tic. His career includes storytelling hits and collaborations linking Ghana with other West African popular-music scenes.<ref name="tic-joy">[https://www.modernghana.com/music/8739/the-man-tic-tac-a-biography.html MyJoyOnline / Modern Ghana: The man Tic Tac, 12 February 2009]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>

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== Summary ==
Tic Tac is a Ghanaian rapper associated with [[Hiplife|hiplife]], later performing under the shortened name Tic. His career includes storytelling hits and collaborations linking Ghana with other West African popular-music scenes.<ref name="tic-joy">[https://www.modernghana.com/music/8739/the-man-tic-tac-a-biography.html MyJoyOnline / Modern Ghana: The man Tic Tac, 12 February 2009]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>

== Life and career ==
He began in the group Natty Strangers in 1997. Guest appearances preceded ''Philomena'', his 1999 solo debut. ''Masem'' and ''Wope'' followed, broadening the catalogue and collaborative network. In an interview with Citi News in 2018 he explained the change from Tic Tac to Tic as a new phase in his musical presentation.<ref name="tic-name">[https://www.citinewsroom.com/2018/04/tic-tac-re-brands-changes-name-to-tic/ Kwame Dadzie: Tic Tac re-brands, Citi News, 3 April 2018]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>

== Music and style ==
Narrative skill and energetic rap delivery are important to his early hiplife identity. 'Philomena' belongs to a generation shaped partly by youth performance platforms such as the National Theatre's talent events. Those settings encouraged local-language rap and helped young performers build audiences.<ref name="tic-genre">[https://musicinafrica.net/node/17010 Music In Africa: The story of Ghana’s favourite genre, part 2]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>

== Works and performances ==
'Menka Bio', 'Wope', 'Fefe Na Efe' and 'Kangaroo' are representative listening points. Work with Ivorian singer Meiway and Nigerian performer Tony Tetuila widened the scope of ''Wope''. The use of 'Kangaroo' in football celebrations during the 2008 tournament provides another example of a song moving into public dance and everyday recognition.<ref name="tic-joy" />

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