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| MC Baatiz told TNBES on Tuesday that "it is important to get this
public awareness-raising audio and video on the FM stations and the TV" (Photo: MC Baatiz/Facebook) |
Gambian rapper MC Baatiz has released a
video for his single ‘set-setal’ two
week ago. The video which contains a song about environmental sanitation has
been featured twice on State TV (GRTS).
The audio version was released on 20
May, 2011 featuring Brikama-based singer ST
(Street Thug). The single is intended to address rampant malaria in the
country and also wade off the possible breakout of communicable diseases like
cholera; hence it calls for a clean environment.
MC Baatiz told TNBES on Tuesday that it is important to get this
public awareness-raising audio and video on the FM stations and the TV.
“The video
will add to my visibility because it is not just enough to have my music on
radio,” he said of the clip produced by Efi Omo Igori of Supagrafix.
He said the
song Set-setal (environmental cleansing)
is meant to strengthen the Government’s call on citizens and residents of The
Gambia to embark on monthly cleansing exercises which was set in motion by the
president.
“We need a healthy environment for a
healthy population, a healthy economy and a healthy country,” MC Baatiz told
music news and features writer Modou S. Joof on January 14, 2014.
“I
try my best to sing about issues affecting the lives of my people. Everybody
says good health is wealth and that is true,” he added.
The
Latrikunda German-based singer said he is now working on more new songs and
plans to ensure each audio released is accompanied by a video. “I think this
will increase my presence in the media, publicity helps a lot,” he said.
However, MC Baatiz, who so far single-handedly financed his music production, says money
remains one of his biggest challenges. He said: “Music goes with money, without
it, nothing works.”
Currently
without a manager, he said he is open to discussion about it.
According to
him, his songs set-setal and so
defeh nyu wah (about bickering) will soon be
available online on SoundCloud and YouTube.
To his fans, he said “they should just
keep the faith as I look forward to a glittering music career.”
“Dema geum neh hecha bu dagul fog mu yegci (I believe when pulling, for instance a rope, if it does not cut then it
must arrive). “Mung ci yoon d’terr-ci (is on the way to dock),” he said in
Wolof, a native language spoken in the Senegambia region.
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Written by Modou S. Joof
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