“I don’t charge other artistes for collabo” – M.anifest

Manifest born Kwame Ametepee Tsikata, is a Ghanaian rapper, singer and songwriter. He won Best Rapper and Hip-Hop song of the year at the Ghana Music Awards in 2017. Manifest has revealed that he takes no money before accepting to feature for his colleague musicians.

According to him, he believes he’s the best rapper of his generation hence, he looks out for talented musicians rather than money when it comes to collaborating on a song.

He cited instances where he randomly downloaded a song of one of his fans and had a remixed version with him without taking a penny.

He told Andy Dosty on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM that “I have never charged anyone for a feature. …money is not the motive…”, because talents are not owned he said.

Asked if the music industry is lucrative enough for him to shun charges for features, M.anifest he explained: “I won’t paint a rosy picture; there are high times and difficulties”. The main reason he rigged the vgmas for not scouting talents.

In 2015 M.anifest’s single “someway bi” earned him a third place honor in the International Songwriters Competition (ISC). In the same year The Guardian named M.anifest as “the foremost rapper on the continent.” His genre of music is hip-hop, hiplife, R&B and Afropop.

 Story By: Roberta Gabby