‘VVIP group now has greedy opportunists’ — Promzy

Former member of music group VIP, Promzy GH is calling out to upcoming artists to be well informed on Ghana’s new school genre Hiplife.

Promzy believes there is more information about these new musicians of who really started the genre.

According to him, the group which started in 1995 worked hard to make its name and be accepted by music lovers in the country.

He said the group received no handouts.

“These guys here were the original originators of hiplife before whoever or whoever came from nowhere claiming that title in a form of greed and selfishness. We ruled and controlled the streets. VIP was more like a religion. We were the stage movers and the crowd shakers all over Africa and the world,” he wrote in a post on Instagram.

Though the rapper did not mention any name, his explanations and utterances make Reggie Rockstone who joined later, an obvious target.

Referencing a picture he posted on Instagram, he stated, “This new Indomie generation needs to go read and do more research on the real pacesetters. (VIP vision in progress, not some f*ck up VVIP bullshit loaded with some opportunists).

“This was taken in 1998 even though the movement started in 1995. (Referencing the picture), How old were you by then? Know the difference…LEGENDS.”

The VIP was formed initially with 5 members namely, Friction, who quit along the line, and Bone, who resettled in the United Kingdom.

Promzy left the group in 2015 after which Hiplife grandpapa, Reggie Rockstone joined.