Nigerians don’t respect hip-hop – Odumodublvck

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The popular rapper, Tochukwu Ojogwu, who is widely known as Odumodublvck, has firmly expressed his belief that Nigerians do not hold hip-hop as a genre and its artists in high regard.

During a recent interview with the CTRL Room, the artist behind "Declan Rice" recounted his earlier days as a struggling artist when event organizers did not even provide him with seating at award shows.

He also recalled a time when his team suggested that he align himself with the afrobeats superstar Davido to achieve fame, but he chose a different path. Odumodublvck shared that he was more drawn to UK grime artists whose genre resonated with his artistic vision.

Odumodublvck said, “In 2019, someone [in my team] said we should go to Lagos and meet Davido. But I was like, ‘What will Davido do for me? Even if Davido takes me to America and puts me on stage and I’m rapping my stuff, his fans won’t understand because they are afrobeats fans.’

“But these guys: Teezee, BOJ, and Sholz, are the pipeline to the UK market. And those are the closest guys I sound like internationally. So why don’t I follow that route to get to wherever I want to get to?’

“I was like, I don’t need Davido for anything now. Let me follow people that align with my vision. And that was how we just came together and we’re here now. Number one in the country against all odds. Tell them, they’ve to respect that thing. Because we went for an award show and we didn’t even have seats. They don’t respect hip-hop in Nigeria. They don’t respect us.”

The rapper, however, admitted that he conceded to Wizkid’s controversial statement that “hip-hop is dead”, stressing “I was tremendously happy about Wizkid’s statement… Hip-Hop was dead.”

Source: dailypost.ng

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