Copying MTV, but a lot more low-key, Africanhiphop.com went and ask “the authority of African street music,” Dj Edu of BBC 1xtra, about his list of the “Top 10 Hottest African MCs:”
(1) K’naan- Somalia
(2) Pro-Kid – South Africa
(3) Scientific – Liberia
(4) Karizma – Zimbabwe/UK
(5) Bigg – Morocco
(6) Eldee- Nigeria
(7) Sway-Ghana/U.K
(8) Kru-kid- Uganda
(9) Bamboo- Kenya
(10) Reggie Rockstone -Ghana
Africanhiphop.com’s readers, predictably, disagree.
Link.
Shows up the colonial devide,apart from the Moroccan MC,it seems very exclusive in African sense.
“the African sense.”
Reggie at ten?! You have got to be kiding me.
I know I also wondered about Reggie’s inclusion on the list. Maybe 10 years ago
Remove Reggie and include Sarkodie or Ya pono, matter of fact these two should be in the Top 5
If I made a list, I had to make two separate ones. The first is contemporary:
(1) Zulu Boy (South Africa) (2) Terror MC (South Africa), (3) Movaizhaleine (Gabon), (4) K’naan- Somalia/Canada, (5) Wale (Nigeria/USA), (6) Tumi (of Tumi and the Volume), (7) Jitsvinger (South Africa), (8) Chosan (Sierra Leone/USA), (9) Blitz The Ambassador (Ghana/US), (10) Sway Dasafo (Ghana/UK)
The second is the old school list:
1. Didier Awadi, 2. Prophets of da City from South Africa, 3. Pee Froiss, 4. Brasse vannie Kaap,
5. X Plastas, 6. Mr Devious (RIP), 7. Zimbabwe Legit, 8. Bisso Na Bisso, 9. Reggie Rockstone
10. Kalamashaka