Kuami Eugene, the multiple award-winning artist, expressed his fear of losing his fame in a recent interview on The Doreen Avio Show.
Born Eugene Kwame Marfo, the 27-year-old highlife and Afrobeat singer-songwriter is best known for his hits such as “Wish Me Well” and “Ohemaa.”
The 2020 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Artiste of the Year and Most Promising Artiste in Africa award recipient from AFRIMA, shared his thoughts on fame and money in the entertainment industry.
“My greatest fear is to wake up one morning and realize I'm not this rockstar,” he said. “Imagine I wake up and go to the mall, and nobody says ‘Rockstar.' I will ask myself if I didn't sleep well. I mean, I get people asking me, don't you get tired when people are on your leg everywhere? You don't get to come stand in a queue like us anymore? I tell them it's my job. “Do you think I'd rather get by without being recognized like you?”
The Lynx Entertainment and EMPIRE Distribution signee believes that money can bring fame, as he stated, “The money can give me the fame, so will you prefer being famous over being without anything in your pocket? I think that will be the worst experience of my life. You'll be super popular; everybody knows you everywhere, but you have to pick Uber. “The driver will be thinking, ‘Is this Kuami Eugene, or has the Rockstar's car developed a fault?”
Kuami Eugene also revealed his love for cars on the show, sharing that he developed an interest in supercars while growing up from walking several kilometers.