‎Hip-Hop Doesn't Respect Numbers Or Money - Reminisce Pm

Veteran Nigerian Hip-hop star, Remilekun Abdulkalid Safaru, popularly known as Reminisce, has praised the Hip-hop genre for not being decided by only number and money

‎ ‎The 'Ponmile' crooner made this known while appearing as a guest alongside his colleague, Vector, in a recent episode of On The Record podcast. Reminisce praised Hip-hop for being a distinct genre that does not respect any rapper's money.

‎ ‎He also cited the popular rap battle between American rapper Kendrick Lamar, and Canadian star Drake, as an evidence of his claim, noting how despite Drake has more streams, Lamar was still adjudged the winner of the hip-hop battle with Canadian superstar Drake because of his skills.

‎ ‎He said: ‎“Hip-hop is the only genre that doesn’t respect numbers or money. No matter how much money you make as a rapper, you can’t buy it [the respect of the Hip-hop world]. That’s one thing I love about Hip-hop. You have to earn it. People have to say, ‘Vector is a good rapper, he’s a legend.’

‎ ‎“If you like see 5 trillion streams, if you like name your album the greatest. Nobody cares. Rap respects pure skills. That’s why Kendrick Lamar is widely adjudged the winner of his hip-hop battle with Canadian superstar Drake. If you look at the margin between Drake and Lamar in terms of commercial, it’s very wide. But because it’s about skill set, which is the primary thing in hip-hop, Lamar won.”

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