Rap is a lucrative field – Obibini Boafo

Rapper Obibini Boafo has refuted claims that rap is not a well-paying musical genre, insisting those who are serious and focus-driven find it worthy and lucrative.

Many rappers in recent years seem to be switching from their original genre of rap to highlife under the guise that rap does not pay well but Obibini has a sharp contrast to those assertions.

Contributing to Akoma FM’s Saturday Entertainment 360, hosted by Tony Best, the “Ahye Me” hitmaker said.

“I can name the top ten (10) artists in Ghana who are influential and worthy, five of them are rappers. Rap pays but the only thing you need to do is to be smart and choose the vehicle you want to rap on.

“You can put rap on Afrobeat, Highlife and a host of them, rap is flexible, however, you need to be serious and pay particular to whatever you want to rap on. Rap is a hard work venture, writing 16 bars three times on one song needs cracking of the brain,” he said on April 12.

“This is not discredited singles and it is what it is, that is why many switch from rap to release singles”, he observed.

Obibini believes to be able to excel in rap, you must have fanatics, people who love the craft and are ready to follow you through.

By Obed Echia

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