SUCCESS: Fact or Fiction
Success as defined can be, the accomplishment of an aim or a purpose. "Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.” – Mahatma Gandhi. In the music sphere, especially in hip-hop circles in Nigeria, Success is mostly determined by the number of 'hits', Popularity, 'Streams' (for the new cats), 'perception of wealth'. Because there is no way to actually determine the 'worth' of a typical African, it begs the question, 'Has Rappers in Nigeria been successful'? Over the years, we have had very skillful, popular and hit making rappers, who created songs that still resonates today. Songs that move the crowd, bang in the streets and brings nostalgia. Phenom, a rapper from the defunct Knighthouse family, ( a group of artistes that metamorphosed in a label) in a recent podcast, while talking about his journey through the music space made a disparaging comment about another rapper. In his own wo