History
Hip hop in the Gambia started in the late 1990s after the Gambia opened its National Television, Gambia Radio & Television Services (GRTS) in 1995. It started with groups such as “Pencha B”, “Dancehall Masters”, “Masla B”, “Da Fugitives”, “Born Africans”, “Black Nature”, “Inspecta Chow Panachie” and many others. These groups were among the most popular and most successful in field at the time. They were also famous for mixing the hip-hop with reggae, mbalax, salsa, dancehall and other genres of music which made their songs very distinctive. Even though most of these groups have been taken over by younger new artists, their work still reflects on the hip-hop industry in the Gambia today and groups like “Da Fugitives” are still active in the industry. In August 1999 after releasing their first album, they were invited to the Pop Com Musical Festival in Germany alongside hip-hop artists from all over the world. They subsequently won several music awards both nationally and internationally.
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