Accra's indigenous Ga percussion has been part of the city's street life for generations, but it has rarely been treated as pop music. Moffy treats it as pop music, and it turns out that was all it needed.

He is a member of the 99 PHACES collective and one half of the duo DROMOBII, and his signature is Ga Soloku, the communal coastal street rhythm native to Accra celebrations. Rather than sanding it down to fit an Afrobeats template, he built the record around it.

Wo and everything after

Wo (Wo Yɛ Lanɔ) with Romeo Swag is the one that did it. Soloku went from a neighbourhood sound to a youth club anthem, a route indigenous Ghanaian rhythm rarely takes, and it opened the door for the rest of the catalogue.

What followed moved around. Care For Me with the UK's Loise is straight transatlantic R&B. Mariana with Notse is the moody street one. STAY with Marince Omario sits somewhere in between. He switches between Ga, English and Pidgin without making a thing of it, and the through-line is Jamestown and La, and the fishermen's sound systems that shaped how he hears rhythm in the first place.

Why he wants the world singing in Ga

Twi and Yoruba dominate West African radio. Moffy has been explicit that he wants Ga lyrics in that conversation, sung by people who don't speak a word of it. His argument for it is straightforward: Accra's coastal heritage is historic and hasn't had the global spotlight it deserves.

The plan attached to that is Ga Soloku at Glastonbury and Coachella, and a structure through 99 PHACES that lets young Ghanaian creators own their masters.