Nkyinkyim Band — Nkyinkyim X’Perience, Ghana, 2025

Filmed live session by the Nkyinkyim Band, recorded at the Nkyinkyim X’Perience 2025 concert (Evivi Edition) in Ghana. This Ghanaian group has made a name for itself by reinterpreting contemporary hiplife — a fusion of traditional highlife and hip-hop — with a fully live lineup, in a genre most often produced in the studio. On this segued medley, the Nkyinkyim Band revisits several hiplife hits, carried by rich instrumentation (brass, keyboards, guitars, percussion) and a rhythm section that breathes groove and warmth into every track. The capture conveys the energy of the room and the interaction with a won-over crowd, in the tradition of the great West African popular-music concerts. This filmed live concert illustrates the vitality of today’s Ghanaian scene and the way a new generation of musicians brings heritage and modernity into dialogue. For fans of world music and African sounds, this performance offers a representative glimpse of the live-band revival in Ghana, where hiplife rediscovers, onstage, all its organic and festive dimension.