azonto
Noun
Meaning
azonto (uncountable)
A Ghanaian style of music and dance with accompanying hand movements.
Examples
If Sarkodie feels too big in his shoes to know who Gasmilla’s contribution to Azonto is, I can’t also just wake up and send him a record.”
The influx of “Azonto” did magic for Maradona Yeboah Adjei popularly known as Guru NKZ.
Sarkodie has started off a campaign to breathe life into Azonto, the Ghanaian music and dance genre that put Ghana on the international map a decade ago.
“Azonto has never been dead, If you go to Bortiano, Kpone and all those places, Azonto is still alive.
The rapper who is currently stuck in the US following the lockdown during an interview made mention that the rappers who are always claiming to be ‘kings’ are all Azonto rappers and not true hip-hop rappers.