5 Questions for M.anifest
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In response to our imaginary interview with M.anifest last year, the man, the mogul, the myth himself was kind enough to grant us a for real conversation. At first, we had scheduled it for January, but instead went on to pound fufu and search for a “new relee” at the local bend-down boutique. Finally, seeing that we had no offers from other celebrities to interview with us, we went to beg Man to do another spot with us. Here are the amazing details of that conversation:
1. We had originally planned to have this follow up interview in January; but our staff was out drinking for the editor’s birthday and no one followed up with you. Are you angry with us?
I was crushed. My anger was elevated to Jerry ‘boom’ Rawlings proportions. I even awoke the next day cuddled with a bottle of scotch. I mean, I felt like the kid whose parents told him she was going to yankee/abrokyire for vacation, only to have those plans sidelined after he told the whole school. Pure humiliation
2. Did you get the bottle palm wine we sent to say “sorry”?
Obviously u missed the orange alert. Even my cocoa butter and mercy cream can’t make it thru airport security. Safe to say, the post office guys must have had a good time at my expense. Was it fresh? Or fermented?
3. We hear that you are performing on March 29th with Buk-Bak, Rockstone and Tic Tac. Who are you most excited to play with?
U forgot V.I.P. . Nostalgia makes me fancy rockin it on stage with Rockstone tho we did that before in Ghana. V.I.P is high on my list too. And oh – Mensa will be joining in the fray as well all the way from London. A fantabolous line-up. The Ghana rap equivalent of kings of comedy. It should be interesting ‘cause there is a mix of people on both sides of the hiplife/hip-hop divide – if there’s any divide that is.
4. Do you think Kwame Nkrumah and the Big 6 would be happy that you are celebrating 6th March 3 weeks later??!?
Nkrumah didn’t like the big 6 anyway later on. I think he would be pleased – narcissism aside. The fact that I’ve been rockin’ plenty tees with his face largely printed on them should be some form of consolation for this egregious time discrepancy in the celebration. But hey, it’s only 21st century GMT (Ghana Mean Time) in effect.
5. What advice would you give to up and coming African artistes, especially those who travel to ablochi for school and waste their parent’s money to use for studio time create CDs?
Don’t do it. Really. Try lotto or something. You’re more likely to be struck by lightning than to make it as a rapper. That’s why I’m cheesing constantly – I can’t believe my luck. I think statistically dudes stand a better chance going the Essien or Jordan route. Few are chosen. But seriously tho’ – why is everybody rapping? It seems that easy huh? Thanks Soulja boy.
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