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M.anifest speaks 'big English' on CNN to deny he speaks 'big English' in his raps (WATCH)

In a new episode of CNN's African voices, M.anifest is breaking down his life and business as a 'wordpreneur' who eats from weaving words over beats to tell stories.

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In the CNN Africa chat named "My Drive With M.anifest" that was recorded whilst he was driving his interviewer outside Accra, he added that "so I am motivated to get into overdrive, no pun intended".

According to M.anifest, he is not "the kind of artiste in which I had this one-shot trajectory, so I think my most successful song is going to be next song". In the 3 minutes video watched by pulse.com.gh on CNN's exclusive digital platform, he continued that "if you are talking just numbers, but that's not what the measure of success is for me".

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The Ghanaian rapper diving into his craft and what is perceived of his flow, has labelled comments that say he uses 'big English' as trash rumours. "The biggest misconception about me is that I use big English," he said.

Speaking more bigger English (pun intended), he emphasized that "it's a very trash rumour that grew legs over that time, over time. Because the power of what I am doing is that it is layered and that on the surface, everybody can understand it".

According to the 'Nowhere Cool' rapper, in the video above "it is funny, it's hilarious for the most part, but its a misconception". Talking about his music, who was having this conversation whilst his hands were on wheels said, "in my career and my business, my hands are always not on the wheel".

M.anfest who has announced he is dropping a new album titled Madina To The Universe (MTTU), detailed that one of the things he has learnt is that "the more you able to have other people with expertise and certain strength to take the journey on a different wheel it is fine".

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He concluded that "I know I am the GPS, I know I am the captain". M.anifest who revealed he started driving before legally acquiring a Driver's license, is a proud son of the famous Tsatsu Tsikita, a Ghanaian razor-sharp legal luminary.

He dropped his first music album, 'M.anifestations' in 2007 and has been in the game since. "Immigrant Chronicles: Coming to America" released in 2011 after his "The Birds and the Beats" free mixtape in 2009" became his second album.

Apart from EPs like "Apae" and "The Gamble" released in 2013 and 2019 respectively, M.anifest's last album was 2016's "Nowhere Cool", the heavy lyrical rainfall that came after his controversial 'godMC' storm, that blew fans over his shots to Sarkodie.

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