HHP sources Nas
Rapper pays over R100 000 for chance to sing with his idol
Nov 8, 2009 10:21 PM | By GABISILE NDEBELEHHP, the South African multiawards-winning rapper, says he is taking his music a step further and is bringing in US rapper Nas to collaborate with him.
The song with Nas, titled Keledimo, will be released in a 25-track double CD. In it HHP raps about "being idolised by people when all he wants is for them to realise he is human".
The 29-year-old rapper, whose real name is Jabulani Tsambowho, said he wanted more from his soon-to-be-released album Dumela and that is why he decided to pay over R100000 just to get a chance to sing with Nas, his idol.
"I respect Nas's craft and have always wanted to do something with him, I didn't want to go the route where he raps in my song for free, which he would have had to offer because then I still would be waiting for him to get back to me. So I decided to pay him for the track because I look up to the guy, so I took the normal standard route of featuring an artist in a song," he said.
Nas, from New York, who was born Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, is the husband of pop singer Kelis, and is best known for his hit Hip Hop is Dead and for being in the feud with rapping mogul Jay-Z.
Although HHP admits putting back his album release date for three months since August, due to the red tape involved in recording with international stars, he says that it is money he probably "won't regret spending, as he has got what he wanted".
"I could have waited for connections and favours from people to hook me up with Nas for months, but since I wanted my album out before the end of this year, I didn't wait for favours and decided to do it myself and go about it the right way," he said.
Since winning the Best Music Video Award for his song Mpitse at the MTV African Music Awards in Kenya last month, HHP is also recording two songs with the awards host, multi-platinum Haitian-American musician Wyclef Jean, and has recorded another with African-American soul singer Goapele.
HHP has collaborated with many stars locally and continentally, such as Danny K, Nigerian Naeto C and jazz maestro Jimmy Dludlu.
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