Foever Ever aka Okiror Emmanuel will be performing at Kwivuga this Thursday the 30th …Street baller, worked with Pamoja and sprite in University challenges, signed to Kinetic Management Group(KMG)…Punchline Master and one of the newest Rap Luga- flow talents on the Ugandan Hip hop scene. He is the artist behind the new Friday Night Lights- Basketball (FNL) theme song Muliwa!!
How did you get involved into Hiphop?
Met Babaluku in 2008- 2010 for the bavubuka allstars then left in 2010 and formed the Luga flow Army with St Nelly Sade, Burney MC, Fasie MC and Cyno MC, did a couple of songs then got nominated for the Katogo Awards 2013 for the “Kikola Sense” best hiphop song of the year.
Tell me more about the show Freestyle Friday
I started on a show on “Freestyle Friday” Hot 100fm in November 2012 every after 3 months with King Shovon and Byg Kahuna, wanted radio stations to show
kids about underground hiphop and it rather became a show that brought all kinds of Ugandan rappers.
The FNL theme song Muliwa, how do you feel about that?
Muliwa is the FNL theme song for the 2014 season ball event and its more like one of my biggest projects musically, a song that a lot of people except the underground are hearing from me and one can say it is my first main stream project…
How did you get signed unto KMG?
I went to Cedric Babu (Kinetic Management Group CEO) and he asked me to perform at Kwivuga just to test everything out and I went there did my thing and did a song called “Eh Maama” the crowd seemed to warm up to me to me…you can say that’s when it all started out for me.
What is your kind of Hip Hop?
Luga flow, I write my own music
What do you think about Rappers who do not write their Lyrics?
Rap is very deep and when someone else writes the lyrics for me, I won’t really go deep with it like if you want to sing about your life how will someone else
understand it, that is just aiming for money.
Other than basketball and rap what would you be doing?
Graphics, editing and producing Tv shows for example (tells me about a show he helped produce and edit) I have a lot of ideas in my head If I got the resources….and maybe a reality show…hehehe…
Rappers are not much for reality shows so who would you get for that?
I wouldn’t do it for the rappers just the entertainers not me personally…people like afro guys like Bobi wine…like a katogo of sorts.
Single?
Uhhhhhmmmmmm…..yeah!
That was a long reply, so are you single or not?
Okay, I am not single it would be bad if someone read this hehehe… I have girlfriend…
Rappers and Mixtapes?
Wanted to drop a mixtape before Kinetic but put it on hold…I don’t want to confuse people, I feel like I am going to come out as a new artist so I need to focus on getting my craft out there
Can you rap for food?
I can rap for anything hehehehe…
What else was I going to ask you before you confused me with your freestyle
Hehehehe…I am hot like that!!
What are you working on right now?
Right now in KMG I am going to put out my first singles and send them out and other more songs…I can’t tell how many I am going to put out, I want to do songs that are real which other Ugandans can relate to…
Any Collabos we should be looking forward to?
Yeah, a couple of my colleagues like Irene Ntale…
Sooo… *ehem* Irene Ntale?
Yes she has a beautiful voice…..and maybe a couple of others but right now she is on my mind… I would love to do collabos with all the other rappers especially from the KMG family.
Collabos with the underground?
Definitely, if they are good then why not…both main stream and underground
10 years from now?
10 years is mob maybe Five, I see myself living my dream…like making good music, having Tv shows….a production company….maaan…also act make a movie of my own…all those things I dreamed about.
Have you put Street basketball on hold?
No Its not on hold….I play ball…it introduced me to hip hop that’s how I met the people that have brought me to where I am
What has brought you this far
First of all, what has brought me this far, definitely it is God….I am a very God fearing dude and he has brought me this far and is taking me further…
Your Parents support you?
They didn’t support me at the beginning because they didn’t understand what I am doing but they want me to stay in school make something of myself before anything else…just like every other Parent.
Anything else I should know before I let you go?
God is everything, give him everything and you will win…I am a follower of Christ.