Legendary Nigerian rapper, Modenine laughed off insinuations that ‘punch lines no longer bring in money.’ He was referring to a line from indigenous rapper Reminisce’s popular song Local Rappers which also featured Olamide and Phyno.
Speaking to HipTV, the serial winner of The Headies Lyricist of The Year said: “It’s a lovely song, when I heard it I felt it was a satire meant to ruffle some feathers though but it cannot be directed at artistes who still use punch lines in their raps. We all know that punch lines still and will forever bring in the money. Because if you check advertising, you will find out that the payoffs, the punch lines are always there and that brings a lot of money. Punch lines bring in the money. I like the song, but seriously, I know they were just clowning around,” he added.