Stonebwoy, one of the meridian dancehall acts in Ghana and, by extension, Africa, is set to release upcoming projects equally he seeks to authenticate his music equally a true dancehall sound coming out of Jamaica.

Co-ordinate to the dancehall artiste, he is currently working with Buju Banton and was recently on the island to run across with Buju to work on new music, but he has not released the details. He also recently shot the video of his song "Motion," featuring Jahmiel in Jamaica. The vocal is from his Road to Anloga Junction' album. He says his last anthology defines where he wants to go in life. It features several collaborations with Keri Hilson, Davido, and Jahmiel.

Afrobeats and Afro-Dancehall – both influenced by the rhythmic sounds of dancehall music-have been on the rise every bit many hits accept been released that rival the blazon of music coming out of Jamaica. Some dancehall critics have fifty-fifty gone as far as to say that Jamaican music'southward content – guns and violence is eroding the quality of the music produced.

Stonebwoy, who was the one who coined the term 'Afro-Dancehall,' which is a sub-genre of Jamaican dancehall music, says that the Africa-Jamaica connectedness is strong and although he is from Africa, the color of his skin is an of import identifier with peoples of African descent. According to Stonebwoy, in his view, many Africans view Jamaica every bit a doorway into the Western Hemisphere.

Stonebwoy, who hails from Ghana, is among the top dancehall artists from Africa, competing with the likes of Shatta Wale from Republic of ghana, Burna Boy, and Davido, both from Nigeria. He is among the tiptop five most streamed artists, according to Audiomack Africa. His vocal Activate ft Davido is currently making the rotation and sits at the number 5 position for this week.

Speaking with Winford Williams this week in Jamaica, Stonebwoy says his goal is to continue making great music of substance.

"Music wise, I'thousand still bridging the gap in connecting that vibe, but ultimately the thing I want to do, that I've e'er been doing is I don't desire to leave the conscious part abroad from information technology because I feel similar in today's fourth dimension a lot of people are just jumping onto the fun fun fun affair and leaving the conscious thing backside. Big thanks to Buju Banton from yesterday he's been schooling me on a lot of things and I'm really grateful. That'south a function of my music I feel is going to go a very far manner," he said.

Sean Paul Praised Stonebwoy for bringing accurate dancehall to Africa

Meanwhile, Sean Paul's latest unmarried, "Guns of Navarone" featuring Jesse Royal and Mutabaruka, is being remixed and will feature Stonebwoy. According to Dutty Paul in a recent interview- "the remix features Stonebwoy. Big upwardly StoneBwoy, He is the only exterior person non from Jamaica gonna characteristic on the anthology."

Sean Paul says he admires that Stonebwoy constantly pays homage to the genre and makes an effort to acquire from those who have paved the way forrard.

"You know what I charge per unit about him, a lot of people exercise dancehall but they don't say they do dancehall, they don't come up to Jamaica for the production," the dancehall legend said. "I really respect that about him. He knows what we developed here over the years is really authentic real dancehall music, yea it comes from Africa but the manner we translate it and play information technology is a whole manner to it similar example Reggaeton and other influences like Afrobeats…. Other People do dancehall, they don't tell us its dancehall, they don't give the respect, and other people are like 'oh they're innovative' People like his dude is doing information technology."