Afriblinksblog organises it’s hiphop competition called the « Afriblinksblog Rap-battle? ». The lucky winner will go home Two hundred and Fifty Thousand Francs (250.000 FCFA) richer.
According to them, this yearly competition is organised in order to uplift the African hiphop culture.
« Many people easily dance to afro-beat, play it in public… but feel reluctant to play hiphop same way. Some people think hip-hop is only to be played in lone moments. », Josy Blinks founder of Afriblinksblog says.
The Young entrepreneur added that her team is trying to eradicate this notion by launching its first phase of the rap-battle on 17th June 2022.
This competition according to her will be a yearly music microphone fight that will bring together league of rappers which will go a long way to encourage them to be better Mc’s whilst learning from others.
Stating why the Afriblinksblog rap-battle is important, Josy said:
- It will create a competitive spirit amongst rappers which will make them to step up their game
- It will bring exposure to rappers.
- It will gather rappers from different angles to discover themselves and probably work on different projects together.
- Has a financial benefit
- Winner gets free video shoot, music production and a featuring with a Cameroonian celebrated rapper.
The first phase of this competition will be online. Participants will be expected to submit their content via WhatsApp +237651326358 to participate.
This phase starts on 24th June and ends on July 8, while the second phase starts from 20th July to 27th and the last phase from 5th August to 10th August.
On 20th August, the winner will be announced and their prize(s) will be handed over.
The winner of the Afriblinksblog Rap-Battle will have the opportunity to feature Cameroon’s microphone Njorku, Mic Monsta.
Mic Monsta has been consistnly one of Cameroon’s greatest hip-hop acts of all time. The first edition of this hiphop competition has the honour to bring the Microphone Njorku to the table.
Again, it will be bringing Cameroon’s most versatile music producer Mccoy TWAP and the screen colouring god himself, Tecno Brian who will shoot a free music video for the winner of this competition.
As mention above, the winner goes home with a cash prize of 250,000 FCFA.
All beats will be provided for download on (www.afriblinks.com) when the competition is announced. Each rapper submits a maximum and minimum of 1 minute video.
The rules to participate in this competition will be made available on the site alongside the beats.