Celebrated Ghanaian rapper Eno Barony eulogised veteran Ghanaian rapper and singer Mzbel in a recent BBC Africa documentary.
In the video snippet from the documentary that surfaced online, she stated that she looked up to Mzbel when she was little girl.
She explained that her name Eno means mother in Twi, and someway somehow, that translated into her being the mother of rap when she ventured into music.
“If I’m the mother of rap, Mzbel is the like the grandmother,” she said.
She shared that Mzbel was a great inspiration to many young ladies when growing up such that everyone wanted to dress like her.
Sharing more details into the outfits Mzbel wore which became a trend, she said that it was a pleated short skirt and crop top and a little jungle bag.
The ‘Only Jah’ hitmaker stated that Mzbel’s songs were the number one songs in the country, with every event or street partying to her songs.
She also highlighted how her body image affected her when she joined the music industry. She stated that people would question how she looked and advise her to lose weight.
“When I came into the music scene, I never saw girls my size. Most of the girls I was seeing were, let me say, skinnier,” she said in the documentary.
Watch a snippet of the documentary below.