8. Stonebwoy B
Listening to Stonewboy Burniton — Stonebwoy B for short — you might initially mistake him for a Jamaican. Like many of the other dancehall specialists in Ghana, he accents his lyrics with ‘nuff Jamaican patois— not exactly a stretch, of course, considering the dialect’s roots in West Africa. After finding considerable success at home and even winning the Best International Act honors at last year’s BET Awards, Stonebwoy’s been inching his way into the Caribbean market with some heavyweight collaborations, including the 2016 Carnival single “Block the Road” with Fay-Ann Lyons, and “Talk To Me” featuring Kranium.