One of Ghana’s finest
rappers, M.anifest, also known as Kwame Ametepe Tsikata, says he does
not want his private life to be like a soap opera watched by the public.
Giving an insight on his off stage life,
he further revealed that he “always had a keener or deeper interest in
music than the normal person” adding that he had an interest in writing
as well.”
“I was in my first rap group when I was
in Secondary School. It was called Rebel Camp—there was nothing
rebellious about us though. It was just a nice name. But that was just
how I got my feet wet. When I went to university, I got the chance to
experience more of the different aspects of the music. I was hanging out
with more producers, I saw different shows,”he stated.
Commenting further on how his music
career began he stated that “I saw definitely more artistes outside of
hip-hop so I basically dived into a music making aspect and maybe took a
bit of a back seat even to the creation. Without going to a music
school, that was music school. By 2005 when I finished college, I
basically begun attacking it and in 2007 I released my first album,
Manifestation. I did my first album the DIY (do it yourself) way; I
recorded it, mixed it, got some money doing a Pepsi jingle, used that
money to print CDs myself and I did everything myself,”
“I’m married to my music. My private
life will be my private life which is the beauty of it. I give the
people a lot in my music and if they listen to my music, they will know
so much about me more than I want them to know. But one thing I’m not
interested in is becoming a public soap opera and people talking about
whom is he dating and all that. It is of very little interest to me
because I feel like there is a lot to be done creatively with my music
that I don’t need any of that distraction. It is an unhealthy
distraction for people to be vested in what is my private life,” he
added.
Answering the question on the reactions
from his dad after becoming a musician, he stated that “I think he is
fine with it. Who wouldn’t be? He was at my studio release party last
December. Everybody likes good music, so does my father.”
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