Ghanaian Rapper E.L believes that the title for who the ‘King of Rap’ in Ghana is, does not have to kill anyone.
The rapper noted there is no need for anyone to hold him or herself as the best rapper.
Speaking in a Skype interview on TV3 New Day, E.L, who says he has not heard Sarkodie’s ‘Sub Zero’ track, insisted there is no best rapper in Ghana.
“Nobody has to die. Let’s just come down, nobody has to die for anything to happen. We are supposed to be making music and there is no competition in music. Music is supposed to be uplifting, it’s supposed to upset your emotions but with the other things that come with it that is why I don’t really like to take part in all the extra stuff,” he said.
The ‘Kaalu’ hitmaker went on to add that, he has heard rumours about beefs and all kinds of unfriendly competition but “if it is going to be competition, it should be a competition that helps each other to grow and to develop”.
Asked where he places himself in the Ghanaian rape space, E.L responded that he is in a class of his own.
He explained: “I’m just in a class of my own. I’m not for everybody I don’t want to be for everybody. I want to be for a select few who are actually enlightened enough and smart and intelligent enough to know what I am talking about. I don’t want to be mass production. I don’t want to be in everybody’s top five I want to be in the people who matters’ top five and the people who” matter are not many.
The rapper, who is out with a new video, ‘Efa Wo Ho Ben’, stressed that when it comes to rap, no one is the best.
“I don’t place myself anywhere the thing is as I have grown and I have come to realise that, when it comes to rap nobody is better than anybody. There is no best rapper. Rap is an art form and the thing about art is you can’t do arts better than anybody else…so all the competition that goes on and stuff, I’m in a class of my own… when I see those lists, it’s sad to me because people are getting boxed up and I’m just not in that class,” he concluded.
