Big Star Johnson Opens Up About The Dark Side Of SA Hip Hop Industry
Big Star Johnson Opens Up About The Dark Side Of SA Hip Hop Industry. Following a very lengthy music hiatus, Big Star Johnson is on the brink of making a massive impact on the SA Hip Hop scene with the imminent release of his album titled “CEASER.”
The rapper has not been heavily active in the rap game for a long time and he made it clear that his hiatus wasn’t a decision he made, rather it just happened. However, Speaking during an interview on Engineer You Life Podcast with Lungelo KM, the rapper shared that his brother was the only person who checked on him after disassociating himself from the fame.
“My younger brother, definitely a big part of my support structure he’s a fan first so it makes it very refreshing to have conversations with him,” Big Star said. “He’s a critical thinker, he studied psychology so he’s a critic first, sync in character but he’s also a realist so definitely having someone like that carried me. I remember there was a point where I felt I was losing my mind and he said; ‘Bro 2 weeks from now, this will be 2 weeks ago.’ That changed my life, that gave me strength.”
“Why do you think at your instinct you didn’t give me any name from the industry that we know?” Lungelo KM asked Big Star. The rapper mentioned that his instincts failed to detect any music industry figures reaching out to him, emphasizing that there are no genuine people in the music industry.
“Man, I’ll tell you this, the industry is a trippy place people aren’t genuine,” Big Star said. “I dont blame them, like I said I look at it with different lens you know. If you genuinely feel like you’re not gonna gain anything and you dont work with me that’s okay.
“So people are who they are and the industry, I guess it makes people forget that the best is always in the room full of geniuses, that’s where the best happens, that’s where the magic happens, that’s where the miracle happens when two or three are gathered. So I’m okay with bro and I dont look at anything as though it wasn’t meant to happen, everything that happens, happens for a reason,” he said.
Big Star stated that while he has cultivated positive connections in the industry, they were primarily for professional purposes rather than forming personal friendships. “I’ve had close-knit relationships in the industry for a purpose, not for the purpose of friendship,” Big Star remarked.
