Dada Hafco has thrown his weight behind Bisa Kdei for claiming that he saved the Highlife music genre from sinking in the Ghanaian music industry.
A post he shared on his Facebook page was an unflinching support to Bisa Kdei as the Highlife messiah.
Bisa K Dei is a highlife artiste. And if he stands anywhere and says he saved the genre, is nothing on him, I sort of agree. Not because it died or anything but because it got to a point where there was no one claiming highlife.
People were occasionally throwing highlife records here and there but none was claiming the title as a “highlife artiste”, maybe because one is tagged “okuraseni” once you claim to be a highlife artiste. Boy was in the zone alone fighting for the genre. 7/8 years when Rap and Dancehall had taken over, when the Kwabena Kwabena’s, the Ofori’s, KK’s etc were toning down, when crunk had come to reign and gone, when afrobeat was seriously growing in our space, it was Bisa K Dei who was championing this.”
Going forward, he also added that it got to a year that the VGMA’s couldn’t tie any other act with Bisa to compete for the Highlife song of the year because he was the only artiste championing the Highlife course during that period.
There was even a particular year, the VGMA’s even struggled to find highlife songs to fill the category because nobody was doing it apart from him.. He held it until all of us joined the train, let’s not drag his name down…He’s paved a way, made it even attractive for a lot of folks today.
Source: Gossips24.com
