Boy.Stif - She Bad ft. Stonebwoy

What this video is

Released in May 2015, 'She Bad' sits at the intersection of Ghana's growing Afrobeats commercial scene and the international ascent of Afro-dancehall. Boy Stif (born Laud Delali Segbe in the Netherlands in 1993) signed to Status Quo Music in 2014 and built a catalogue of dance-oriented Afrobeats tracks. The feature by Stonebwoy — who won the BET Best International Act: Africa award and Ghana Music Awards Artiste of…

Why it matters

Documents the mid-2010s Ghanaian Afrobeats/Afro-dancehall commercial crossover moment, capturing the visual and sonic vocabulary of an era in which Ghanaian artists were beginning to achieve sustained pan-African and diaspora visibility. The Stonebwoy feature exemplifies the collaborative network…