poor acceptance: “Get another job or…”, Rugged man replies Mode 9

Last week’s emotional outburst from
rapper Mode 9 “I released an album and
nobody cared” has gotten a blunt reply
from fellow-rapper Rugged man… ‘Get
another job or adapt’ he tells Mode 9.
Rugged Man was speaking on Hot FM’s
breakfast radio show and did not mince
words. He said “Mode 9 is not the only
one that does the non-commercial kind of
rap. Basically if you are an entertainer
you can’t do music for yourself that’s why
you are an entertainer.
Rugged Man
‘IF People you are made to entertain are
not entertained, you should do one of
two things…get another job or adapt’ am
not saying this to be funny or anything’. If
something is not working anymore the
least you can do is try and adopt to
what’s up’
‘Even in America at a point it was all
Eastside …then Westside, you can’t do
anything about it, if you can’t shape up,
you shape out’
‘I actually started writing ‘ehen’ song in
English but paul play advised me ‘you are
in Nigeria, make music for Nigerians, add
the local language so people could
understand, I put a little comedy to it by
bringing in Normoloss,
‘It’s not about how good you are but how
smart you are. I have said it ‘i don’t want
to be ‘he can rap kinda artist’ but ‘to be a
successful artist’. ‘Switching your style
doesn’t make you any less of a human cos
at the end of the day ‘what you have
achieved is what would be asked.