There Can’t Be Rap Without Rap Battles - Wan-O

Wan-O has highlighted the importance of rap battles and essentially beef in the rap world.

According to the award-winning rapper, most performers inside and outside of Ghana understand that rap battles are used to further the art of rap no matter how intense they may become.

He explained that rap is like sport and the more competitive it is the better it is for the athletes and for the fans.

“We cannot have rap without the battle because rap is an egoistic sport and everybody thinks they’re the best. Even the ‘whackest’ rapper will tell you that he is the best but it’s not always a shot at someone."

"I have a song with Obibini and on the song, both of us were saying we’re the best. It wasn’t a shot at each other but that’s how he feels and that is how I also feel”, the rapper stated.

Wan-O further opined that Ghanaians’ habit of looking at certain hip-hop songs as attacks on other rappers stems from a lack of understanding of the culture.

The revered said there are only a few people who really understand hip-hop music but the majority only listen to it because the genre has become popular now or the artiste is popular.

“Most of them don’t really understand the essence. Sometimes, when Sarkodie or M.anifest puts out a song and I go on the internet to see the comments on the song, I get sad because they don’t understand what they’re saying."

They just say it because they think it’s funny or they’re trolling but they don’t understand the essence of hip-hop”, he noted.

Wan-O was previously talked up by Hammer of The Last Two, who showered praises on the youngster in a recent Facebook post acknowledged the musician’s efforts with words of encouragement.

"Big up to Wan O, he refused to be put down by industry obstacles... been selling his CDs at Accra malls since 2014 there about... now enjoying great streaming numbers. We salute your struggle soldier. Keep going," Hammer's post read.