With the release of the single, at me she’d speak Malay. That’s
does this mean that a new when I know ‘shit I’m in trouble’.
album is on the way?
But I’m very comfortable
switching languages. If you
Yes, hopefully. The single has listen at my past songs like ‘Do
to have a home, you know? At it, Duit’ or ‘Havoc’, I think I’m
the end of the day, when you the first Malay rapper to go in
look back at your body of work, and out of languages. The most
you just want to look at albums, apparent one was ‘Do it, Duit’
what was in the album and all where I was switching from
that.
Malay and English almost bar
for bar. Do you think you need
Throughout your career you’ve
rapped in English and Malay.
Which language do you find
easier to rap in?
I grew up in a household that
used both languages equally.
Although I must say, my mum
would usually speak English the
entire day, but when she’s mad
You’ve been rapping
about 20 years now.
English songs to get recognised
as an international artist?
Malaysians generally can speak
good English, and we’re good
listeners too. I think we have
the advantage of putting out
English songs without getting
too much criticism, and I think
Malaysians don’t have to try
too hard, like putting on a fake
British or American accent.
for
Did y ou ever think about
focusing on businesses like
your barbershops and give up
rapping?
No, that was never on my
mind; that’s never an option.
In fact I’m hungrier now than I
was 20 years ago. It’s different
because the challenges are
different now. Back in the day
you just release an album and
made sure you had posters
and did gigs every week. It’s
a different ballgame now. You
have a lot more opportunities,
but a lot more things to think
about too. For example, we
could’ve released ‘Drop’ earlier.
But because we wanted to be
on the iTunes front page and
on Spotify playlists, we had to
strategise and wait for the right
time.
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