I Can’t Rap in Yoruba,” Mode 9 Reveals.

Veteran rap artiste, Mode 9, has recently gave his reasons why he won’t rap in Yoruba language. In a recent interview with The Vanguar...

Veteran rap artiste, Mode 9, has recently gave his reasons why he won’t rap in Yoruba language. In a recent interview with The Vanguard Newspaper, the rapper said there was no point in him rapping in any indigenous Nigerian language.

He said:
“No, I can’t do that, you know why? If there are people doing something and they can do it better than you, there is no point in doing it too because they are already way ahead of you."

Despite being accused of being snobbish and high-handed in his style of music in the past, the rapper has continued with his style. He further said,

“It is harder for me to write a Pidgin English song than a normal English song. I can rap in English effortlessly. I don’t just write anything, I try to be clever with words like when I said, ‘They be bungalow brains, nothing upstairs;’ it’s a punch line, but it was done in Pidgin English.”

There you have it. He isn’t being a snob. His Pidgin English isn’t good enough. It doesn’t come natural to him just like some Nigerians including me.LOL!