B.A.R. CONCERT TONIGHT

Tonight all roads in Accra and its environs lead to the World Trade Centre, venue for the country's biggest hip hop and rap show dubbed, 'The B.A.R. Concert'.

The concert, put together by  leading record label and event organising company BBnZ, has award-winning musician and music producer E.L as the headline act and has confirmed performances from several of Ghana's biggest artistes including Reggie Rockstone, Pappy Kojo, Joey B, C-Real, Kumasi Ko-Jo Cue, Lil Shaker, Gemini, Mzvee, Stargo, Dex Kwesi, Jayso, Recognize Ali and several others.

The concert will take the form of nonstop and uninterrupted performances of hip hop songs back-to-back and E.L has already put out a 17-track mixtape album solely for tonight's gig.

Tonight's B.A.R. Concert is the second edition and is expected to break last year's record attendance. Tickets are reported to be fast running out and the remaining few are on sale at all Tigo outlets across the capital city.

'Apart from the performances from the big names in music now, the concert would give hip hop artistes in Ghana a platform that they can be recognised. It is to give an opportunity to as many as possible hip hop artistes, both known and underground, to have a stage to shine. It would be back-to-back uninterrupted performances with just a few pauses in between. It would be back-to-back just as you have a DJ spinning back-to-back sounds but this time it would be the real artistes doing it onstage,' E.L explained.

'B.A.R. means Best African Rapper. I consider myself to be the best African rapper, taking into consideration a lot of things. But if I say it, it would be like I am blowing my horns. So when people ask me why I am saying that, I just direct them to my mixtapes; they should just listen to my mixtapes. And 99 percent of the time, they concede to the fact that I might just be the best African rapper.

'So at the end of the day, this is not just a statement I am making because statements can be wrong. This is not a claim I am making; it is just something I know about myself. And there is no other side to truth. This is truth and I am saying it,' he added.

Reliable telecommunications company, Tigo, is title sponsor for the 2015 B.A.R. Concert which is heavily supported by Guinness.