Rapper and songwriter, Terry Tha Rapman has bemoaned the death of rap music in Nigeria. He said what we have now is rappers fine-tuning their sound to accommodate what the people want. Terry Tha Rapman responded to Yung6ix assertion when he said:” When I wanna listen to African rap I play Yung6ix and SA rappers wtf is going on with the Nigerian Rappers? Wake up”
The Boys are not smiling rapper however stated that rap is not being appreciated because the media and the fans stopped supporting rap music.
Reacting to Yung6ix’s statements, he said: ”I kinda get where he’s coming from. I’ve been stressing this for long, when I said ‘rap is dead’ in Nigeria I didn’t mean nobody is rapping. I meant we (being the fans, media and promoters) stopped supporting rap music as it should be at a point.
“Now would you blame rappers for fine tuning their style? Rappers hardly get the airplay/support as our pop counterparts so after years we started adapting. I still believe there’s hope. We are far from the days of Trybesmen, 2shotz, Ruggedman, Modenine and when MI dropped Talk About It and MI2. We need more rap concerts to promote hip-hop culture. The few ones I’ve been to were not encouraging” he added