NewsA month after soldiers cleared her Laboma bar, itz Tiffany released "Hustler"
The song's hook, "this tunnel ein end deɛ, no light, but we still dey push through", lands differently once you know what happened at Laboma Beach on 14 September.
itz Tiffany released "Hustler", featuring the rapper Lalid, in October. The video, directed by Junie Annan, went up on her channel on 18 October. Atown TSB produced the song.
What happened at Laboma
On 14 September, soldiers and police cleared structures at Laboma Beach in Accra, and her Itz Box Bar was demolished. The Greater Accra Regional Security Council had issued the vacate notice. Officials linked the clearance to restoring the Kpeshie Lagoon's flood buffer after the 29 June floods.
Tiffany told Yen there were "over 100 soldiers and 200 policemen" and that her team was not allowed inside to collect their things, and put her losses at more than $200,000. The Ghana Armed Forces said traders were given time to clear their goods. She says she supports the redevelopment but wants affected businesses compensated. Her Spintex branch remains open.
A Laboma spokesman said more than 3,000 people worked in the enclave.
The song
The hook carries the story: "I've been a hustler my whole life, I speak facts, it's no lies", then "This tunnel ein end deɛ, no light, but we still dey push through till it's alright." Her verse opens with building "from the ground up" and announces that "the street queen is back here for crowning." Lalid's verse answers critics: "We see the love, we see the hate."
The road back
Tiffany was known as the queen of Azonto, appearing on Fuse ODG's "Azonto" and signing to his Off Da Ground label, before a private video leaked in 2014 and the label let her go. She later stepped away from music. 2026 is her comeback year: "Wura" in March, "Money" in June, and now "Hustler".
Hustler is a party song on the surface and a receipt underneath. The bar went down and she went to the studio. The bigger question the song leaves is the one she asked first: if the clearance was for the city's good, what happens to the thousands who worked on that beach?
- YouTube, itz Tiffany: "Hustler (Feat. Lalid)" official video and credits, 18 Oct 2026
- Yen: Box Bar at Laboma demolished in government exercise; her account of soldiers and losses; beaches affected by the Accra demolitions
- Adom Online: her properties destroyed; "a different level of bitterness"; Laboma director's appeal over 3,000 jobs
- MyJoyOnline: business owners pack up amid the Laboma demolition
- The Ghana Report, NewsGhana, GhanaPlug: Hustler follows the demolition
- GhanaWeb and Graphic Showbiz: her Azonto years, the 2014 leak and the Off Da Ground split
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