Amapiano more lucrative than rap – Shallipopi claims

Nigerian rapper and singer, Shallipopi, has revealed wherefore helium switched from rap euphony to singing.

Featuring successful a caller occurrence of the Afrobeats Intelligence podcast, the ‘Cast’ hitmaker explained that helium was primitively a rap prima but embraced Amapiano for fiscal reasons.

According to him, Amapiano is much lucrative than rap music.

“I person been rapping for a while. I americium a trap star. They made maine bash Amapiano. It is Amapiano that bring nutrient to the table, truthful we volition bash it. I volition resistance it with them,” helium said.

Shallipopi said rap was his “first love” but helium struggled to marque a luck from it partially owed to Nigerian euphony fans’ predisposition and deficiency of support.

On wherefore helium rejected the Headies grant for Best Rap Song, which was won by his opus ‘Cast’ past year, Shallipopi said helium rejected it due to the fact that the organisers attempted to container him arsenic conscionable a rapper.

He insisted that they should person fixed awards successful some singing and rapping categories.

Amapiano much lucrative than rap – Shallipopi claims