| MR RAW: FORMERLY KNOWN AS DAT NIGGA RAW INTERVIEW |
| Written by Chris Ezeanwu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuesday, 06 September 2011 20:07 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Mr Raw
Abia-born Ukeje Okechukwu Edwards, aka Mr. Raw, formally known as Dat Nigga Raw is one of the top artistes in the Nigerian Hip Hop scene. The rapper, who grew up in Enugu, reveals why he recently changed his stage name from Dat Nigga Raw to Mr. Raw. In this encounter with our writer, Chris Ezeanwu, he opened up by revealing that marriage has made him more focused and organized in his private life and business.
Growing up was fun......I have very understanding,God-fearing and supportive parents. I thank God for my family, they've always been there for me. My mom always says to me; This grown man of today used to be a very stubborn child( he laughs).
Do you write your songs yourself? Yes I write all my songs.. How many albums have you so far? I have 3 albums; Right And Wrong (2005), Everything Remains Raw (2007), End Of Discussion (2010) Recently you changed from Dat Nigga Raw to Mr. Raw! Why the change of stage name? A lot of people were complaining that the Nigerian Guy Anakpo Raw (NiG.G.A) sounded so much like a swear(racist) word and a lot of presenters found it very difficult to update my fans because they were not allowed to use the word "nigga" on air. I also discovered that some online websites censor the "nigga Raw" and replace it with 'Raw'. I summed all this up and realized that that word "nigga" was already affecting my business and hard work. That's how I made up my mind to change my name from Nigga Raw to Mr Raw. Do you do anything outside music? No! Music is all I do for now. How do you cope with your female fans? My brother, I treat them like my sisters and friends o! And I always have it at the back of my mind that the people out there are the reason why I am who I am today. So I respect them with a passion. Remember that God used a lot of people that I don't know to bless me. Tell us about your last album? My last album "End Of Discussion" it was released last year Oct 2010 and because of the change of name, a lot of units didn't move the way I expected it to, and till date my fans are still finding it hard 2 blend with the new name "Mr. Raw" when they've already gotten use to "dat nigga raw". I just shot a new video titled TURU UGO which will soon go on air. There are some songs I really want to push using videos since the new marketer I allowed to handle my album didn't really push and distribute it the way I expected him to because of the series of problems he was having with his business. Are you married? Yes I am married. Tell us about your lovely wife? Nope........I keep my family and business completely seperated. I can't start talking about her because she doesn't like it. I'm the one that is popular here. So I dont want to start saying things about the special person in my life. How many kids have you so far? I don't have any yet. What are the things that inspire you? Everything around me inspires me. Is Spiritual conji a personal experience? No it's not. But I grew up normally like most guys and we are all aware of some of the things I talked about in the song. I was actually trying 2 advise my fellow guys to be careful of careless and unprotected sex (abstinence is the best) but if u can't, than make sure you make use of a condom. Also, it's worst when a man is tipsy and under the influence od alcohol or drugs! Tell us about the new video TURU UGO? Turu Ugo means -Well Done. And I featured some Enugu Artistes namely; Ransome, Minista Busta and Phyno. The song is basically about how rough the struggle was before. But now we can afford some of the things we were unable to afford. Its a song appreciating God who blessed us through our fans. Thank God I've paid my debts. Is there anything else you'd like to tell your fans out there that we haven't covered? Marriage has made me to be more focused and organized, in my private life and business. I'm working on my younger brother's album. His name is Hype MC and I featured him on Ara Ga agba Ndi Ara (he performed the 3rd verse of that song). By God's Grace, his album will drop before the end of this year. I want to thank all my fans for their love and support. God will continue to bless all of them for me cause without them, there will be no me! Thank you so much Mr. Raw, Nollywood uncut wishes you all the best in your career. Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites
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i so much like mr raw aka nigga raw. He is my mentor. I am an upcoming artist
