Ghanaian rap game is being weakened by rappers doing more singing nowadays – Ex Doe

Ghanaian Hiplife musician, Ex Doe, known in private life as Richard Siaw Akrofi has expressed his concern about the impact of the new trend of Ghanaian rappers turning to singing on the development of Ghanaian rap music.

He emphasized that Ghana used to be known for producing exceptional rappers in Africa, but the current shift has led to a decline in the appeal of rap music for up-and-coming artists.

During an interview with GNA Entertainment, Ex Doe reminisced about the time when rap music enjoyed widespread popularity and received ample airplay for both rappers and singers.

“I believe the Ghanaian rap game is being weakened by rappers doing more singing nowadays. For me, a rapper should stay a rapper, even though you might do some little singing for your choruses.

“But you can’t blame rappers in the modern era because there is more airplay for singers than rappers in recent times. In the past, it wasn’t so because there was enough radio play for both rappers and singers,” he stated.

The ‘Maba’ singer went on to state that rappers doing more singing had limited the variety of music in the Ghanaian music market, with more artistes sounding “one-way”.

” Nowadays, everyone wants to sound the same because singing is selling. Upcoming artistes want to sound like Black Sherif and Kuami Eugene, among others, and for me, this is not a good sign for our music,” he explained.

The legendary crooner emphasised the need to give rap artistes an equal chance in Ghana’s music space so that they could realise their potential.

“For me, I believe we should focus on rap music and build on it, because we have an upper hand than other countries like Nigeria, whose artistes are focused on doing more singing,” he added.