Call it a bluff or brag but hiplife artiste Tinny says no artiste in Ghana can match up to him so far as rap goes.
According
to him, he has been silent for some time and has been waiting to see a
rapper emerge who would overtake him but as yet no one has been able to
do that.
“Ever since I released Anaconda three years ago, I have
been silent and wondering if there was a better rapper than I, but I
have come to realise there is ‘no size’. “I am still the best rapper”,
Tinny told Showbiz in an interview last Monday.
To prove that he
is the best, Tinny is asking for rappers who think they are better than
him to come forward and do battle with him to determine who is the best.
Asked
what makes him think that way, Tinny, who describes his fellow rappers
as nonentities on his latest single, Koom, said surprisingly a lot of
rappers now sound like him. But he insists that he is the original and
is always on top of the game.
“I am not bragging because the
evidence is there for all to see. If you listen to the rap I did on
songs like I Believe I Can Fly, Ringtone, Maamle, Anaconda and Kaabu
Ame, you would recognise that I am the best in the game.
According
to him, he did his latest track to prove to his fans that he was the
best among the lot and was not lost in the game as people thought.
Tinny said the ideas for his latest single came to him after he read an online article with the headline, ‘Where is Tinny’.
Having
read the article, Tinny said he felt the timing was now right to
release Koom when the realisation hit him that he had no match.
“I
know my colleagues will take me on but I fear not because I am telling
the truth and they know it. I have never disappointed any artiste who
has featured ame on their songs but most of them disappointed me when I
featured them.” Tinny said.
He stated that although he has been
away for some time, he was planning to have a concert under his Bard Man
Records label in a couple of months time.
Away from his music
career, Tinny confirmed that he was a father of four children and not
seven as it was being rumoured in the media.
Veteran Nollywood star, Pete Edochie
who is popularly known for his 'no-nonsense, strict father' roles he
plays in movies has been off the scene for a while.
In a recent interview, Pete who brings the character we love to hate on our screens revealed why he is afraid of death.
"I
smoked for 21 years before I quit, and each time I got tensed up, I
looked for a cigarette, and psychologically I was puffing away the
anger; but there is no other thing it does for you physically but to
destroy your lungs".
Is he afraid of death and does he think about it?
Yes,
I think about death. Why shouldn’t I? I think about death not because
it is inevitable but because I would like to be prepared to meet my
Maker when the time comes. That’s why I am afraid of death.
“
There is nobody alive who likes dying. Even if a man is 100 years, loses
his sight, becomes a vegetable and inconveniences others, he still
wouldn’t like to go. So, yes, as a normal human being, I think of death.
Merely thinking of death encourages me to avoid excesses”.
why did he give up smoking?
“
As a young man, I drank a lot. I could drink any bottle under the
table. It was because of peer pressure. We enjoyed ourselves
‘alcoholically’. We were not given to subduing the womenfolk as a mark
of accomplishment; we always got together to drink and smoke cigarettes.
“ As we got older, I felt there was a need to cut down on all
the excesses. I gave up smoking though I smoked for 21 years. I gave it
up when I discovered it wasn’t serving any purpose”.
how does he now ward off anger after giving up smoking 21 years ago to manage his anger?
“ I don’t get angry easily anymore; I used my Fabian philosophy to stop that”.
Is he a fulfilled man?
“Yes. What else am I going to ask from God? I have a brilliant wife and brilliant children. So, yes, I am fulfilled”.
One of the Nigeria's celebrated
filmmaker, Osita Iheme who is widely known as Pawpaw has celebrated his
34years anniversary in faraway in Obeagu Village, Nkanu East, Enugu,
Nigeria.
He celebrated his 34th birthday among his colleagues, friends and fans of Obeagu Village in Enugu.
Pawpaw
as he widely known in the filming industry is presently on film
location with his pair, Chinedu Ikedieze (Aki) and some other actors.
The
celebrant; Osita Iheme said 'I feel great and honored to be with these
people and I'm also fulfilled with this little present from colleagues
here to mark my day, I'm so glad with the love they shared with me,
though this is just a mini-celebration to mark the day, the bigger one
will coming after here' he affirmed.
