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R2Bees

  • Skill Category: Music Groups
  • Present Address: Ghana
  • Country: Ghana
  • Email: bookr2bees@live.com
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Biography

R2Bees is a Ghanaian hip hop and hiplife duo from Tema, comprising two cousins, Faisal Hakeem and Rashid Mugeez. R2BEES’s first single, “Yawa Gal”, was released in August 2008. They then went on to release “I Dey Mad”, which featured Unda melodies. The song topped most Ghanaian Radio Music Charts for weeks. In 2010, R2Bees released “Kiss Your Hand” as their third single. In 2009, R2Bees released a 17-track album Da Revolution, which has already released songs; “Yawa Girl”, “I dey Mad”, “T.E.M.A”, “Kiss Your Hand” with new songs; “Radio”, “One more Chance” and “Africa” with production from KillBeatz (Joseph Addison) as well as guest appearances from Wande Coal, Sarkodie, Samini, Kwaw Kese and a host of others. Their second studio album, Refuse To Be Broke – Da Revolution II, was released on 29 March 2013. The album had guest appearances from Wizkid, Sherifa Gunu, Davido, Tinchy Stryder and Voicemail. The album’s production was handled by KillBeatz.[4] R2Bees released their first official single for 2014, “Lobi”. The highlife influenced song video was released on 25 September 2014. R2Bees often sing and rap in their native language Twi and Pidgin. R2Bees is one of the top purveyors of Ghanaian hip pop subgenre hiplife, which mixes rap with sounds of highlife (African pop music) and reggae. In 2012, R2Bees was featured in the Forbes list of “African celebrities to watch in 2013”.[5] R2Bees have performed on the same stage with international musicians such as American R&B singers Mario and J Holiday.

News / Ranking / Titbits / Awards

They were nominated for the 2013 BET Awards.[1] In March 2019, the duo released their third studio album, Site 15.

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