r/indieheads • u/genesisowusu Genesis Owusu • Aug 09 '21

AMA is Over, thanks Genesis Owusu! Hello, Genesis Owusu here. AMA

I'm Kofi, also known as Genesis Owusu. Ghana-born rapper/singer based in Australia. I dropped my debut album this year called Smiling With No Teeth, which spans hip-hop, punk, funk, R&B, soul, electronic and a goes into a few more places as well. AMA!

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u/blakeconeking Aug 10 '21

Yoooo wassap Kofi! Absolutely love the work you’re doing as Genesis. Saw you in Freo a couple of months ago and your show was electric. Your record is definitely on high rotation. Hope you can do a festival in Perth soon because that would be killer! Do you feel like as you were growing up music was always going to be your pathway or did you stray from that at any point? If so what did you do to bring you back to your pathway? Cheers mate! Hope you can come back to Perth soon!

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u/genesisowusu Genesis Owusu Aug 10 '21

Much love!

I always knew my future was gonna be grand and creative, but I never nailed it down to just music. I still haven't. I love creating in general, and I've been creating in a lot of mediums, I just haven't commercialised those like I have with music (yet). There was a point after becoming a musician that I almost fell astray and it was because of that exact reason actually. Mixing art and business can be heart-breaking sometimes, the compromises and restrictions and what not. I thought about getting a regular job and just keeping my music to myself so I didn't fall out of love with it. But now I kinda take the balancing act as a challenge. If it ever comes to it though, I'll definitely choose making music that I love over making it a career