Ghana Drill Music is Ghana’s version of the popular hip-hop Drill genre, and the pioneers are a group of young rappers in Kumasi, Ghana, called the Asakaa music.
What is the Ghana drill called?
Ghana’s drill music is called Asakaa.
Yaw Tog, 18, and Stormzy’s remix of “Sore” has received more than six million YouTube views since its release. There are expectations that Asakaa, or Ghana drill, would follow in the footsteps of the recent international successes of Nigerian Afrobeats and South African amapiano. Asakaa is currently one of the trendiest sounds to come out of Africa.
History of Ghana Drill Music
Ghana drill music started making waves in 2019 during the COVID-19 Era. Yaw Tog has built the foundation for a thriving music scene and taken the rap subgenre from the streets of Kumasi as part of Asakaa Boys, a collective of nine artists whose cold instrumentals and flows in a mixture of English and the Akan language Twi and smart use of social media have fuelled Ghana’s drill moment.
Ghanaian drill music is an out-of-box concept pioneered by Young music talents in Kumasi, leading to the establishment of the popular Kumerican movement.
Kumericans crafts of Ghana drill music received a lot of backlash from Black Americans who made it seem a no-go area for the Ghanaians venturing into drill music. On 13th June 2023, Grammy 2024 created 3 new categories featuring Ghana drill music for Grammy Awards.
Who is the king of drill in Ghana?
Yaw Tog is The King of Ghana’s Asakaa Drill Scene. And no doubt about it. The young genius deserves the shine with all his team inclusive.
Rapper Thorsten Owusu Gyimah, better known by his stage as Yaw Tog, is from Ghana and focuses on drill music, also referred to as Asakaa there. His most famous song, “Sore,” which featured O’Kenneth, went viral.
What makes a drill beat?
Although it shares many traits with trap music, the gritty hip-hop subgenre known as drill has different rhythmic themes, gloomier musical stylings, and darker lyrics.
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