Fast-rising Ghanaian rapper has revealed how he failed to make it to the finals of the music reality shows, MTN Hitmaker and TV3 Mentor.
The rapper made this revelation during an interview on Citi FM’s ‘Upside Down’ show whiles debunking claims by some critics that he landed in the music industry by luck.
Blacko as he is affectionately called indicated that he started writing songs at the tender age of 16 and went for music reality shows like Mentor and MTN Hitmaker.
“When I was like 16 years old in SHS 2 doing this rap from scratch. I noticed that I could put words together. I started writing for over a year. Three weeks before I could leave high school, I got my first studio time and I did my first song with Hushpappi, my friend the man liked it, and some laughed at us.
“So, after high school, I started writing everywhere at home and that. We went to reality shows. Including MTN hitmaker. I passed the first audition, the second audition we didn’t pass. Next, we went to Mentor but didn’t pass,” he said.
He added that he recorded a song in 2019, with which he performed with his friends in villages like Ejisu and Konongo, where he hails from.
His hit song, ‘Money’ was finally recorded on January 28, 2020, with Tubaani music.
“We started writing again and recorded ‘Mariana’ in 2019. I left Tema back to Konongo and played shows in Ejisu with the man dem. We played shows in the villages and all. January. I recorded ‘Money ship’ with Tubaani on January 28, 2020.
“Money started taking off and started playing shows and all in February. We dropped the ‘Money’ remix with Tulenkey. Did ‘Destiny and dropped ‘Destiny’ and that Christmas went to Enchi, did the Ashanti Region, and did some villages and came back to Accra,” he further expressed.
Source: Modern Ghana
