If you Google search Best Female Cameroonian Kid Rapper, there’s no way the name OTANG AKA The Next Game Changer would not pop up in the results. OTANG at the age of 11 blew up her music career with a freestyle video of her rapping in one of popular producer Dr. Dre’s beats. Team 237Showbiz.com spotted her and the speed of the growth of her career is something that has never happened for any young rappers around Cameroon and Africa. Within the space of 2 months, she got booked for so many tv shows, performances and was endorsed as ambassador
OTANG after all these freestyles she was dropping decided to release her debut EP entitled Victims. The sales of the EP was to be divided into 2 and half of it given to charity, most especially to the displaced persons who fled their homes in the Northwest and Southwest of Cameroon. Her EP was released to be sold at 10.000XAF which comprised of 6 songs, 3 songs to be sold at 5000XAF and a song at 2000XAF. Many people on her Facebook page and elsewhere weren’t happy with the price she and her team put out there. Below is a copy of her EP price list and how purchase is done.
The €60.000 question now is did her fans runaway from her because of her EP price? Should the price of something put out there by an artiste scare away the potential buyers and turn around the love they had for their favorite stars? It is worthy to note that this price put together by OTANG and her team happens to be the most expensive price tag on a project by a Cameroonian of our generation and her fans can’t seem to afford a copy or a song at the cost of 2000XAF. However, there are always the diehard fans who alway go the extra miles.
Tell us what you want think, as a fan of her raps, did her EP price push you or you just don’t want to support cause you can’t
Victor Kange
(#NaTengiYesu)
I saw and loved the speed she was using to make her present count but truly dat price was something I couldn’t condole with. U wanted to support her and I thought a young and immature talent needs the support to blow but when u price an epp of an eleven years old girl whose lyrical strength is till in the embrayo stage u turn to scare potential fans away. MONSTA just released a complete album with 17tracks and he is gvx it out for 2500frs even Jovi who is undisputable Mboko god has never priced a single track for 2000. I mean is dat track the key to heaven?
I should tell you what I want think?? Correct that English first ?…
Then you say she was Ambassador.. Ambassador for wety??
So bout Otang. Well she got fooled by the masses that acclaimed her with the dropping of her freestyle video. If kamer music fans can’t attend a concert for free cuz it will still entail them paying transport fare, what did they expect the turn out putting an EP at 10k would be.
Just free styling proves no worth of being great in the long that will convince me to pay 10K for an EP. We needed more of her works out there before the real business start. Comparing her to Leo, I bet if he had put his “Ego better” EP at 5K seff, he wudda had it hot from fans whose back pocket no fey high. Massa… Most youths are average level pipo for kamer. Data din cheap. Staying online 24/7 isn’t a factor to determine how high back pocket dey. 3 square meals a day di pass even some men wey di work, then na to loss 10K for 6 songs wey they go dowam?.
Her team had to weigh the stakes mehn. And for real it has affected her relevance to an extent.
And saying they put price at 10k because they had to give half for charity, I think they actually doubled it so they have their share 100%. Cuz 5K for be likely accepted by most. But 10K?? Naa… Cmon.
Anyways, the way forward would be for them to release videos of at least 2 tracks off that EP. Engage in promo and get her fans back on track.
No time to waste.
My 2cent