Kenyan rapper Khaligraph Jones has come out to comment on the ongoing debate over his nemesis Octopizzo’s latest music video Oliel.
It is been speculated that rapper Octopizzo has been buying views on Youtube for the video which he released recently which garnered 1 million views in just 24 hours and more than 2 million views in a week.
This, by Kenyan showbiz standards, would make him a certified YouTube superstar.
However lyrical rapper Khaligraph, who has also happens to have a love hate relationship with Octopizzo, was asked of his views on the debate, he responded:
“Sometimes you succumb to the pressure and with some people you have to do what you have to do and with him I think he had to do what he had to do. At the end of the day real people know know what is happening.”
Netizens and showbiz pundits alike have also argued that the video’s views may not be real for a number of reasons, given that one the video didn’t make it to the top of the trending list.
Its stagnation of views after it hit around 1 million views as well as the low number of likes/dislikes and comments on the video have also raised eyebrows.
Meanwhile, Octoppizo has simply chosen to laugh off the claims.
Octopizzo is a good rapper. When his flow reaches equilibrium – vowels and similes packed in alignment- very few can match him. Ever since he properly made a name for himself with Ivo Ivo, he has remained a respected monarch at the top of Kenya’s rap hierarchy.
His major problem is that he goes about his affairs with a lack of wisdom. He just keeps making poor decisions in the name of promoting his brand. Rookie mistakes if I may call them that.
If he was in an industry that valued realness, such actions would have sunk him already. But he doesn’t change because no one really holds him accountable. Imagine someone like Drake buying views or lying about a collabo. That would be the end of his career.
His obsession with Khaligraph is also unhealthy. Almost every song he releases nowadays contains a covert shot at Khaligraph. Even “Oliel” has one. Meanwhile, Khaligraph doesn’t seem to care. He just goes about his business.
I feel that Khaligraph’s recent success has really unsettled him. He is feeling the need to prove himself again. That’s why he might have felt the need to manually engineer his views and not let them grow organically.