myself and reggie had the short locks at the time and he was with another rap artist called freddie funkstonem brooklyn. so, immediately, igot up out of the table. i said, "look, i don't have any discs, but i can make beats". we left the club, like, 4:00 in the morning, we got to the recording studio at like 10:00 or 11:00 in the morning. then, like, a few hours later, everything started clicking. rab was very much like reggie as well — two peas in a pod. i unfortunately, he passed away. but yeah, rab was reggie's partner in music for- a long time. the two ghanaians, raised in the west, mixed hip—hop with highlife, and hiplife was born. i looked like the folks that they had seen on mtv. i had the short dreads, the wife beater, the tims, the camouflage. but then, when i rapped, it was in twi. and that, thatjust blew everybody�*s mind. raps in twi. twi being one of the biggest local languages, it was unique in a sense that nobody had attempted to put rap together in that context before. # on and on for the hiplife. # check, check it out... pops would always say, "listen, reggie," you know, "all

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