Highlife Artiste, Kuami Eugene, has opened up about the danger of being exposed to wealth at a young age and how public criticism affected him at the beginning of his career.
Kuami Eugene explained the rapid transition from having nothing to suddenly having substantial wealth, including being paid for shows and driving a Range Rover. He felt that the public didn’t empathise with his situation.
“To move from not having anything to taking this amount for a show, to driving a Range Rover, I’ve never had all these before, all within a very short period. That wasn’t fair on the side of the public. They didn’t reason that he is a young boy and he is getting all this money,” he said.
In an interview, he expressed feeling mistreated by critics who, he believed, should have taken his youth and newfound wealth into account.
He stated, “I made a lot of mistakes when I was young; blowing up as a young guy wasn’t easy. At the age of 19, they should have considered the fact that ‘Oh, he is a young boy.’”
Kuami Eugene rose to fame at a tender age of 19 with the release of his debut song, ‘Angela,’ in 2017. He further released various other hit songs like ‘Ohemaa,’ ‘Wish Me Well,’ and ‘Open Gate,’ while signed on to Lynx Entertainment Records.
In October 2022, Kuami announced that he had signed on to the American record label ‘Empire Records.’
