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‘I kind of make music for the song’ – LADIPOE talks REVIVAL, Rap vs Afrobeats and why ‘the sky is big enough’
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Years after first emerging as Poe, he has become one of Nigeria’s most distinctive rap voices, earning the tag “Leader of the Revival” while steadily expanding the boundaries of what Nigerian hip-hop can sound like.
The experience established an important pattern that would define his career: LADIPOE could remain rooted in hip-hop while still making music accessible beyond the traditional rap audience.
The Mavin Records rapper says rap and melody can coexist, rejecting the idea that Afrobeats’ global rise must come at the expense of hip-hop.
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