The Pink teams up with African music stars to drop an acoustic ballad dubbed ‘Queens Cypher’ which clocks 5 minutes and 38 seconds.
Clarisse Uwineza is a Rwandan female rapper who is popularly known for
her gospel songs. Better known on stage as The Pink, she is devising a way to
take her music to the next level.
The cypher ballad features 7 African female rappers involving Malawian Luki, Gumbo from Zambia, Kharis from Nigeria, Lady B also from Nigeria, Lilywhite from Kenya, The Pink from Rwanda and Starsky of Nigeria. The 7 gospel rappers were selected thanks to their music performance.
The Pink was buoyant to have collaborated with her fellow African rappersAfter
being recorded by Hiden Spinal of God’s Hyper man entertainment studio, the
former secular music singer, The Pink confided to Inyarwanda how she ventured
into Hip-hop music style.
‘’
At the beginning, I went to anonymous church here in Rwanda, so that i can be
member of choir. I remember when I got out, a Ugandan man called me upon and
said that he liked what I do and that he would do something to help. Then, I started
talks with one of Ugandan journalist and concluded that African gospel singers
would work jointly as a unity,’’ she revealed.
She
added:’’ He connected me with a Nigerian, and later, things went so fast. I
came to know Djs from Zambia, Malawi and eventually this project appeared. It
was the idea of the Zambian, Timothy- who wanted female rappers to get together.
The next was my part to record my voice regarding a beat they sent to me, and I
had to send back my recording for them to do arrangement,’’ she explained.
She
expressed her gratitude towards capital record studio that supported her until she
reaped big. The female rapper, who goes to evangelical restauration church based
in Masoro, claimed that she felt over the moon since she has gotten to work
jointly with rappers with big names in Africa.
‘’ To me, I am so excited to be part of this project, because I reflected on that before 2020 arrived. I had feelings that I were to work with people outside of the country, especially from Burundi and Congo, because I managed to hold talks with them,’’ she said.
She added that she was very lucky to have collaborated with singers she never thought of getting closer to.‘’
You see that God has paved my way, things that I could never think that might
happen to me. We expect that this project is going to be a starting point of
gospel female rappers who work harder. We want to put a foundation stone on
evangelism,’’ she further said.
The
Pink is one of the Chrap rappers which was founded by Patrick. The Pink’s voice
is heard in the Chrap’s songs such as ‘Nyibutsa’ and’ Why Me.’
In her music journey, The Pink did various songs such as Ituro, Intwaro z’Imana, You Love Me featuring NPC and Columbus, Hold Me she collaborated with Eddie Mico, Ikiganza cy’ Uwiteka co-starring Gabi Kamanzi, among others.