Ghanaian rapper, Richtrapperyo born Lawrence Larry Boakye, who hails from the Ashanti Region of Ghana believes that his music is an unfulfilled prophecy, He likens his music purpose to the life of Moses as he aspires to take Ghanaian music to greater heights - So as Ghanaians, we need to embrace ourselves because we have on our hands some journey to embark!
The rapper shared insight on how his journey in the music world started. He indicated that his very fulfilling and accomplished journey in this very popular craft started after he stumbled across an artiste’s page. He contacted the musician and expressed passion for the genre while also hoping to land a record deal.
The young talent was left high and dry and as they say, “things didn’t source and yawa was the end result of the day”. Even after the disappointment in the earlier stages of his career, he chested everything and was persistent in trying to get his music heard by as many people as possible and we can all agree that he is doing evenly well.
When questioned if he was presently signed to a label, he responded saying he’s a one man army and doesn’t have any ties with any label.
When asked about his recent song and the inspiration behind it, The rapper answered by expressing how much fun he had making the song titled “DRIVE U CRAZY”. I first recorded the song’s melody as a demo a year ago, when I was inspired by a former romance, he revealed. It’s safe to say breakfast was either served or chopped in order for us to get this very electrifying jam. He went on to express his excitement for the song’s current level of success. , “DRIVE U CRAZY” was released on the 21st of October and is available on all streaming services.
The rapper also discussed some of his earlier work. “My very first and official song I recorded was Holy Rich and I honestly didn’t believe myself on how I was sounding because it sounded amazing,” he said. In addition to helping me accept myself as an artist, Holy Rich helped me gain recognition in my town and community.
Richtrapperyo talked more about his body of work and mentioned the release of “PAST LIFE”, which happened a year ago. The rapper considers “PAST LIFE” to be his most successful song to date after receiving 22,723 and 12,000 streams on Spotify and Youtube, respectively.“PAST LIFE”, according to Richtrapperyo, gave him the vim to continue working on his album True To Myself.
Every song on the album has a special meaning to me, I can relate to it because I have experienced it, the rapper shared. It seems we’re in for a rollercoaster of emotions, I for one cannot wait to hear this amazing body of work. “True To Myself” is a 23-song album with no set release date but is anticipated to arrive in 2023.
The rapper talked about how thrilling the first show of the Worldsta Trapper Club Tour was when asked about his ongoing club tour. He added that the tour would go on until the year was over.
Richtrapperyo also made a list of rappers with whom he would like to collaborate, including Ghana’s very own Black Sheriff, Canadian Bacon, Drake, my favorite baby out of all the baby’s Lil Baby, and Future.
By: Akua Korantemaa Boateng
