The first major music video from Ghanaian Billboard topping music producer, Coptic’s much anticipated compilation album, ‘Close to my Roots’ is out!  ‘Live by Da Gun’ features American rap duo, Smiff-N-Wessun and Ugandan rapper Prince Eddie Atlas.  The video shows the hustle on the streets of New York and Kampala

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G-tvBMTMEs&feature=youtu.be&hd=1‘Close to my Roots’ is a hiphop meets Africa album featuring collaborations between the hottest rappers and singers from all over Africa and American rappers.  Before the album is released, a number of tracks produced by Coptic for these featured artists can be found on the ‘Black Star Line Mixtapes.  Volume 1 of the Mixtapes, hosted by DJ Black (Ghana) and Lee Kasumba (South Africa) is currently available to members of www.TheBlackStarLine.com for listening and downloading.

US rappers, Smiff-N-Wessun share their views on African music and the project in general: “I feel like African music is the mother of all music and it is an honour to work with African artists. It is important that we bring the culture 360 degrees; this is how we communicate and begin to get back in touch with our heritage. Hip hop itself is ever growing and it impacts our youth everyday for it is the voice of the voiceless and to witness it let alone be a part of it is phenomenal,” comments group member, Steele.

“My opinion of African music is basically the same way we feel about all music, we love it. We don’t like to separate music as long as it good music we embrace it. It is an honour and pleasure to be involved in this project with artist from Africa. It is something different for us, plus we get to work with our big homie Coptic again. We are all hoping that this album would bring the worlds even closer together. Music builds and destroys, so once you tear down and eliminate the entire negative, you can rebuild with positive energy,” comments the second group member, Tek.