Tema-based rapper and singer, Kwesi Arthur says that one of his biggest challenges as a rapper is being in the public eye.
Speaking on GBC’s Breakfast Show, the rapper stated that his fear of being judged by the public because of his fame is one of his challenges as an artist.
“Being in the public light, like everyone seeing what you do, everyone trying to judge your moves, yeah, I feel that’s a big challenge. Sometimes it gets like that (uncomfortable), but I feel like it comes with the job I do so, I have to swallow the pill it comes with,” he said.
Speaking about some of the surprises he has encountered in the music industry, Kwesi Arthur stated that “there’s a lot of lies; a lot of smoke screens”.
“It’s like a lot of CAP; a lot of lies like a lot of smoked screens. Things people put out are not what it is.”
“There was this pornography video going about, people were saying it was me, but it wasn’t actually me. But the way the person took the video, degraded the quality of the video so you couldn’t really tell and the guy had dreads like me.
Even when the original high-quality video was put out and you could clearly tell it’s not me, people were still saying oh it’s me, it’s me,” Kwesi Arthur recounted.
Kwesi Arthur is a Ghanaian rapper, singer, and songwriter from Tema, Ghana. He rose to fame in 2017 with the hit single “Grind day” which received widespread acclaim and a co-sign from rap heavyweights Sarkodie and Medikal. In 2019, his second EP Live from Nkrumah Krom Vol II garnered more than 2 million streams in the first week of its release.
Arthur has won several accolades, including Rapper of the year and Hip Hop Song at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards and a Viewer’s Choice Best International Act nomination at the 2018 BET Awards. He became the second Ghanaian rapper to be nominated for BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher after Sarkodie’s nomination in 2019.
Story by Obaapa Janee
Source: pulse.com.gh
