Veteran Highlife musician, Rex Omar has stated without mincing words that the majority of hit songs by Zylofon Music signees, Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale are Highlife songs and not Dancehall as they claim.
He added that Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale move around parading themselves as Dancehall artistes but in actual sense, they are Highlife musicians per the songs they produce.
Rex Omar in an interview with Dr Ray on Suncity Radio said;
“The irony is even if you listen to Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy, the majority of their hit songs in Ghana are highlife…even though they have branded themselves as dancehall artistes.
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“There is nothing wrong with branding but if you compose a hit highlife song, do not call it a dancehall song. We know what dancehall songs are. ‘Gringo’ is dancehall but ‘We taking over’ is not dancehall, it is a highlife song,” Rex Omar added.
He indicated that using Patoia lingua to compose a song doesn’t make the song dancehall.
“Radio presenters and all stakeholders have a pivotal role preserve the Ghanaian heritage and highlife. We need to protect and promote our highlife. We have to make it relevant in this country,” Rex stressed!
“Most young musicians are shy to call their songs highlife because of the wrong impression that people have created. They think highlife is only made by older men,” he lamented.