Cassper says he’d be ‘broke and miserable’ if he stopped making commercial rap in Mzansi

10 March 2023 - 09:00
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Cassper Nyovest says he would be miserable if he did not do commercial rap
Cassper Nyovest says he would be miserable if he did not do commercial rap
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Cassper Nyovest believes he would be broke and miserable if he did not do commercial rap and he doesn't plan to stop because he says that is where the moola is  in Mzansi.

Taking his Twitter timeline  he replied to a tweep who asked him why he stopped making songs like Egyptian Cotton from his Any Minute Now album.

“Today I was listening to Egyptian Cotton. I wish we can have more of this kind of song,  Cass,” said the tweep.

“I would be a broke, miserable rapper if I only made songs like Egyptian Cotton. I would be broke cause that type of rap don’t make any money in SA. I would be miserable because I wouldn’t be able to fully express myself the way I want to. I’m more that just a rapper,” he replied. 

Cassper rose to fame with the release of his debut studio album Tsholofelo and has been breaking boundaries and making history ever since.

He recently expressed how he wants to remain at the top.

“I don’t ever want to fall off. I understand not being the coolest or the hottest, that’s inevitable, but falling off as far as influence, reach, money and people not taking your calls because you’re a burden. May I never see that day, oh Lord,” he wrote. 

He hosted five successful #FillUp concerts.  Cassper hosted another dubbed #FillUpMmabathoStadium in his hometown in 2022. 

He said that he was done proving himself. 

“Nah, I’ve done my thing. If there’s guys who still don’t rate me, it’s on them. No more points to prove, raps, music, hits, money, business, whatever man. I’m that dude FR overall. Those who don’t see it yet will never ever see it and that’s OK. Next chapter,” he wrote.



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