{"id":269826,"date":"2025-11-18T14:42:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T14:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/269826\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T14:42:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T14:42:21","slug":"tic-honoured-for-his-contribution-to-afrobeats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/269826\/","title":{"rendered":"TiC honoured for his contribution to Afrobeats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/TiC-honoured-for-his-contribution-to-Afrobeats-2009897?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/677\/67721677.295.jpg\" alt=\"TiC honoured for his pivotal contribution to what Afrobeats\" title=\"TiC honoured for his pivotal contribution to what Afrobeats\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/> <\/a>TiC honoured for his pivotal contribution to what Afrobeats<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Ghanaian music icon TiC, known in private life as Nana Kweku Okyere Duah, has been honoured for his pivotal contribution to what Afrobeats is today.<\/p>\n<p>TiC is credited for significant contributions to the evolution and international popularisation of Afrobeats, his international collaborations, gracing of big festival stages, and global television appearances.<\/p>\n<p>The citation presented by Accra FM\u2019s host of Highlife Time, Oyoko Dehyie Kofi, to TiC read: \u201cYou have been a trailblazer whose creative artistry and dedication helped lay the foundation for the evolution of Afrobeats and the modern Ghanaian music industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have inspired generations of artistes and elevated Ghana&#8217;s music to international acclaim,\u201d it further added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis honour is bestowed upon you for your outstanding achievements, influence, and pioneering role in shaping the Afrobeats sound and culture,\u201d the citation concluded.<\/p>\n<p>TiC expressed his appreciation for the honour and thanked everyone who contributed to his journey, adding that the gesture meant a lot to him.<\/p>\n<p>Due to his instrumental role in what Afrobeats is today, he was featured in the 2021 Netflix documentary series Afrobeats: The Backstory.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary, directed by Ayo Shonaiya, explores the origins and evolution of the Afrobeats genre, primarily focusing on the contributions of Nigerian and Ghanaian artistes and producers.<\/p>\n<p>TiC appears in Episode 2: \u201c1999 &amp; The 5 Beat Pattern,\u201d which specifically discusses the emergence of \u201cHip-Life\u201d in Ghana and the development of the distinctive rhythmic patterns that helped shape the modern Afrobeats sound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TiC honoured for his pivotal contribution to what Afrobeats Ghanaian music icon TiC, known in private life as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-269826","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}