Let’s say I’m driving to Abura - you might
catch me playing some Bob Marley, Love
Supreme, Osibisa - you might also catch me
playing some Wu-Tang.
JWK: Which song will we never catch you
listening to?
MNF: I don’t think I have listened to Heavy
Metal but I never say ‘Never’. I think there’s
a good artiste in every kind of vibe. I haven’t
sat down to listen to Heavy Mental yet so
you might not catch me now but if some-
body recommends something and there’s
vibe in it...yeah.
JWK: Which song will we be surprised to
see you listening to?
MNF: What doesn’t suit me? I think every-
thing I listen to looks like me.
JWK: Which Ghanaian artiste influences
you?
MNF: Obrafour. I think Obrafour introduced
to us what the idea of an album and a lyrical
MC is. People forget that he was even me-
lodic on his first album - Pae Mu Ka. Reggie
broke the door; made me see that it is possi-
ble and after Obrafour came, everything was
over.
JWK: Real quick; which artiste do you
think should stop doing music?
MNF: [laughs] That’s the rudest question!
Throw me some names because I can’t think
of any right now. Everybody should try; if
it’s not good then we won’t listen.
JWK: You’re one of the people who have
influenced the entire African print move-
ment and now everyone is sort of moving
towards that. Why do you wear some par-
ticular prints?
MNF: You mean the Kaba movement. I don’t
wear prints as much as I used to. But I think
prints are very bright and there’s something
glorious about them. One thing I know is
there are a lot of clashes which is why for
instance I am wearing a black tee over print.
Some things look cheap like the bootleg ver-
sions- so can see that the print is not ‘vibing’;
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“
Let me tell you when
I knew that things we
are changing with me.
I think it was about a
year ago; I was walking
in New York City - a place
filled with many stylish
people. I walked maybe 4
blocks and a good 4 or 5
people stopped me to tell
me how amazing I looked.”