Whatever cat, heads out there know the difference between hip-hop and reggae, the two scenes interlock, as many of the reggae artists and the hip hop artists share a lot of the same venues, and avenues to release their music. A lot of Hip-hop MC's such as Benny P or Avénon from Benin and Togo often feature on tracks by Reggae crews such as Tatu Clan. It is all love, but the music is not entirely mixed as you put it, they often collaborate. The reggae scene in Togo and Benin is older and more established than the hip-hop scene there, and the Reggae scene wields a strong influence on the younger hip-hop cats out there. Hip-hop has been in most of West Africa since the mid to late 80's, Reggae has been there much longer than that, more like since the 60's and 70's, Alpha Blondy is a more known Reggae artist from West Africa (Ivory Coast). But don't get it twisted, a lot of the established hip-hop artists (bboys, mc's, graffiti writers,...) in France, have their roots in West Africa (Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin,...) And the youth there have a clear understanding of what hip-hop is.
On that note, here is a video clip from a Togolese MC out of Lomé, by the name of Elom20ce.
