GhUndergroundCypher.Com ( NEW SITE!!!)

I want to thank y'all for making this happen. Without your support, we wouldn't have come this far. On behalf of the Gh Underground Cyper team, I once again say thank you to you all.

First of all, some of you might have noticed that its been a long time we updated this blog. Sorry about that. But I am sure you would be glad to know the reason for our inability to update.

For your information, the Gh Underground Cypher wont be operating on this blog any longer. We now operating from GhUndergroundCypher.Com .

Join us there, lets have moooooooooooooooore fun!!!!

New group to hit your screen soon.(DIARY)

Diary is a group of two boys who have been in the underground for a long time and now making it up.

GUC had the chance to had an interview a member of them ;(Cris.)

GUC: What is Diary about?

Diary: Diary is a group of two boys.Am Cris and the other is Seth.

GUC: How Long have you been doing music?

Diary: We have been in music for 8years now.

GUC: What inspires your song writing?

Diary: Inspire? Our life and love from others.

GUC: Which artist inspire you in music?

Diary: I love Eminem and he inspires me with how he puts his words and lyrics

GUC: What are some of the challenges you face as an upcoming artistes?

Diary: Challenges, alot, don't get time for your self, the up and downs get too much and you even forget to rest.

GUC: Which category of people do you aim to reach with your music?

Diary: We do everything even the pastors do like our music

GUC: Now our last question.What is your message to your fans?

Diary: For our fans we love them all and they should look up for good music from us soon.(DIARY)

Click here to download Diary's new track ft Guru.

BLESS THE MIC- HOME TO THE UNDERGROUND

In at least the last half-decade, the voice of the underground has found just the right platform and place to anchor their voice. Mi Prime Entertainment's Bless The Mic show every Thursday's night at the Tantra Night Club has proven to be a solace to hear both the very best- and very worst of underground music and entertainment.
Pass-throughs from Wanlov the Kubolor, Kochoko, Macho Rapper, Scientific and Skillions have graced the show- so has Sarkodie, Ghana's latest music heavyweight at some stage in his career.
This show provides the platform for about 80% of Ghana's finest rap artistes, and credible contenders for the sole ticket for the motherland in Channel O's Sprite Emcee Africa. Gigs on the night usually include live freestyles, vocals, rap performances and the occasional renditions from musical instruments. Every performance here is generally appreciated and there is an environment of extreme rapport and camaraderie.

Bless The Mic is home to happiness- and perhaps that provokes the only conspicuous flaw to this extraordinary concept. Its embracement of any repertoire, regardless of mediocrity contributes to little or no standards at all in activity. A top producer in Adenta, a suburb of Accra once in a conversation said, "The thing about Bless The Mic is you either belong here or just don't''. This is entirely true. Those who patronise the show embrace it fully as a religion. However new patrons may either cherish it for its simplicity, uniqueness and vibrancy; while others may despise the relative chaotic atmosphere, unorthodox renditions and the occasional mediocrity.

There could be a handful of criticisms but the naked truth however remains, that Bless The Mic will continue to entertain lovers of underground music, and home and hone Ghana's brightest talents struggling to make it from the underground. There may be a lot of additions to the show, and obviously a lot of support from corporate bodies would go a long way in greasing the wheels that push this great concept of nursing, grooming and exposing the future of the Ghanaian music industry.

Bless The Mic will hopefully stay for a long time- and the brain behind Mi Prime Entertainment, Pee Y's ingenuity duly appreciated and rewarded.

Long Live Bless The Mic! Long Live the future of Ghanaian Entertainment!!!

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH POPE SKINNY

Pope skinny as he is popularly known, is a Ghanaian rapper from Amanokrom in the Eastern Region of Ghana. On 18/10/09, Labanti of the Gh undagee Cypher team, managed to interact with the musician for about five minutes.

This is how the interview went.

G.U.C: Good day, Pope Skinny
P.S: Good day, man. Whats good?

G.U.C: We've heard the name Pope Skinny on radio, seen it in newspapers, on the t.v and all. Is that your real name?
P.S: (laughing)...My real name is Edwin Ohene Darko

G.U.C: So Mr. Ohene Darko, could you tell us more about yourself?
P.S: My real name as I said earlier on is Edwin Ohene Darko. I come from Amanokrom-Akwapim in the Eastern region of Ghana.

G.U.C: Pope Skinny, I want to ask.......at what age did you realise your talent?
P.S: Age???....hmmm, i can't really remember but I recall I was very young then

G.U.C: Who inspired you to do music or who was your role model as a kid?
P.S:: I didn't really have a role model. But I loved Bone thugs and Harmony

G.U.C: So, how did you become a musician?
P.S: You know as a kid, I was just rapping around. But things got really serious when I got into Senior Secondary School.

G.U.C: Before I move on? Which secondary school did you attend?:
P.S:: I was in Aggrey Memorial school in my first year, then I moved to Adonteng secondary school, where I completed.

G.U.C: Do you remember any of those you started rapping with?
P.S: Yeah, I started rapping with Abortion and King Palmer in English. Later, when i started rapping in Akuapem Twi, I was "rolling" with Shankoma, another Akuapem rapper in the Eastern region.

G.U.C: How did you do it, I mean like moving from the underground to the Ghanaian music scene?
P.S: It wasn't easy doing that at all. I remember back in 2002, when I was still in the underground, I was featured by 4x4 on their album at that time. This made me the first Akuapem rapper to hit the scene. After that, I had other artistes like Okomfo Kwadei, Buk Bak, Castro, Obrafuor and others featuring me on their albums. It was in 2005 I finally released my first album, entitled, "mmre pa"

G.U.C: Have you working on anything recently?
P.S: Of course. You know it just can't end like that. I have released some singles already. And I just finished work on my second album.

G.U.C: If i may ask, what is the name of your second album? And what should we expect on it?
P.S: The name of the album is Round 2. As for what to expect on it, you already know your boy Pope Skinny, I give nothing but the best. I have several tracks and "mugu" remix on it. Go grab it and feel the heat...(laughing)

G.U.C: So tell me, what have you achieved for yourself as a Ghanaian rapper so far?
P.S: Talking about achievements, I can't name them all, but some of them include meeting big people and you know as a young boy like me I've been able to go places I never thought was possible and all that.

G.U.C: What is your own opinion of the current state of the music industry in Ghana?
P.S: I am very happy about the way things are going, you know, the industry is growing bigger and bigger making it possible for artistes to sell their work to the world.

G.U.C: One last controversial question, rumours have it that, you have a "beef" with O.K, I mean, Okyeame Kwame. How true is it?
P.S: I am really glad you asked this question. I want to let my fans and all know that, I have no "beef" with O.K. No "beef" at all.

G.U.C: Pope Skinny thanks for your time. But before we depart, what would you want to tell all your fans?
P.S:I want to say a big thank you to all my fans for praying for me in my absence from the music scene and to all who love me.


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Reggie Rockstone (Biography)

 

Reginald Osei popularly known throughout the world as Reggie Rockstone (the Godfather of Hiplife) is a rapper of Ghanaian origin. He was born in Britain on 11th April in the late 1960's and raised in his motherland Ghana.
Reggie lived some part of his life in the United States where he attached himself to the hip hop movement in the early 80's as a dancer. He then came back to permanently live in his motherland. 1994 remains the turning point of his entertainment career as he came back to Ghana to start the hip life genre. He has played  important roles in the development of this uniquely African genre in Ghana. He raps in style in both English and Twi (a language spoken by some Akans in Ghana).

In 2004, Rockstone won the Kora Awards for the best African Video and he performed in front of a 50,000 person crowd in Ghana, together with international artistes like Shaggy. In 2006 he recorded another hit track with the Jamaican Dancehall artiste, Beanie man titled “Chuku Chaka”
Rockstone recorded three albums for the Kassa Records label:

• Makaa Maka (I Said It Because I Said It), 1997
• Me Na Me Kae (I Was The One Who Said It), 1999
• Me Ka (I Will Say), 2000

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