Stonebwoy - Sheekena ft. R2bees

What this video is

Released during Stonebwoy's breakout year of 2015, in which he won the BET Best International Act: Africa award and the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Artist of the Year, 'Sheekena' (meaning 'That's All') represents the creative apex of his collaboration with Tema-based hiplife legends R2Bees. The track fuses Stonebwoy's Jamaican patois-inflected afro-dancehall with R2Bees' Twi and Pidgin-rooted hiplife, embodying the…

Why it matters

A key document of the 2015 Ghanaian afro-dancehall moment, 'Sheekena' bridges Stonebwoy's reggae-dancehall lineage with R2Bees' hiplife credibility, demonstrating how Accra-Tema creative networks produced a distinctly Ghanaian vernacular pop that would soon gain continental and global traction.…