Former winner of the AYV Cypher Uncensored, Samuel Bangura aka Lox-P has defined the explanations behind his departure from the famend file label, Kabaka Multimedia Entertainment (KME).
Lox-P is one in every of Sierra Leone’s most well-known avenue rappers. In 2019, as a praise for profitable the grand prize of the AYV Cypher Uncensored, he signed a file take care of KME, which ought to have been a turning level, a leap in direction of stardom, or so he thought. But behind the beats and the celebrity, there’s a story of desires, battle, and the hunt for authenticity.
The rapper’s journey with KME sadly didn’t fairly hit the correct notes. Despite the preliminary pleasure, the rapper discovered himself misplaced within the shuffle. For over two years, he by no means acquired to launch his personal songs, an EP, and even a music video. According to him, whereas KME stored on singing new names like Boi and given the platform to excel, he was nothing greater than an errand boy on the label. Lox-P claimed that he was later referred to as a “hater” by the CEO of the label, Abu Bakarr Turay, when he voiced his issues.
“Kabaka called me a hater after I voiced my concerns that it’s been over two years since i joined the label, but I’ve never been given the opportunity to get a song on my own or do a music video, but new signings like Boi and others are being promoted and getting music videos done,” mentioned Lox-P.
Frustration mounted, and it wasn’t lengthy earlier than Lox-P terminated his contract with KME in 2020, the identical yr, the rapper launched a freestyle title “after cypher,” the place he spoke about his frustration in KME and the AYV Media. He later labeled his relationship with the label as “cheap popularity”, citing that he was unable to even afford a few of his every day wants regardless of being on the label. Going again to the road was robust, however for Lox-P, staying at KME was no completely different.
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