Bwana: Fellow rappers are too lazy

The album "Bilingual record" that Bvana released at the beginning of the year with his Croatian colleague Kandžija has not even "cooled down" yet, the hit single from that release "Hipster from the village" is not leaving the charts like "Domaćica", and the Serbian rapper has already arrived to released the EP of the Bvanomator project, on which he turned to dubstep sound, and tackled the release "Glođi ili gladuj" on which he worked with the Macedonian rapper Džaka Nakota.

As if that's not enough, the release of the project "Sve same bastards" is expected, which brings together the groups Bad Copy and Prti Bee Gee along with Bvana, and also announced the new LP "Celečno mudo".

"I don't consider myself a workaholic as much as other rappers are lazy, so now it turns out that I do a lot of things, and they all take it easy. I work for love and everything comes naturally to me," Bvana (real name Nikola Ćosić) tells "Vijesti".

The Belgrade rapper has two independent LPs behind him, collaborative releases with Ajs Nigrutin, Tajža San, the punk group Drtine and a acclaimed album with Mikri (Prti Bee Gee) whose first hit single "Crno vs Belo" reached over a million views on YouTube. Last year, he released the reggae project Bvanaman, and next Friday he announces the first video single from the EP "Glođi ili gladuj".

"It will contain six, seven songs that we will release after the music video," reveals Bvana and adds that the project is classic hip hop, unlike earlier experiments.

A joint album with Lider, with whom he performed last summer at the debut edition of Dan Brancin in Herceg Novi, is also announced, and Bvana says that he would like to collaborate with Montenegrin rapper Joe Shua Kizz.

"I know the guy, he's a good guy, I hope we'll have a band together someday. I like the concrete chair as well, they're a bit more underground. MC Marko is also my favorite, as is Who See," he says.

His expression full of (often black) humor is close to the one cultivated by the groups Prti Bee Gee and Bad Copy, called "heroine rap" by forum members at the end of the last millennium, and Bvana says that it is normal that "when you bleat constantly with someone you influence each other". .

"I've known them for more than 10 years. There weren't that many rappers then, so if you move in those circles it was inevitable that you'd meet others. Since we had a similar, crazy style of rapping, we connected more," he explains.

The rapper recently appeared in the announcement of the comedy talk show that Mikri is preparing, and he revealed to "Vijesta" that he will be a guest in one of the editions of the show.

"The show is related to the legalization of marijuana in the region and we talk about our experiences on that topic," he reveals. The mentioned topic has recently been topical both in Serbia and Montenegro, and Bvana did not hide his support for legalization even in his lyrics.

"I think the people are willing to try it. Research shows that marijuana gives incredible results, that it helps in the treatment of cancer and a bunch of other diseases. All of these slightly more modern countries have either legalized or decriminalized it," he explains his position.

However, he believes that we will not see legalization quickly in these areas.

"Knowing how much of a marionette state we are, I would say that it doesn't depend on us. I don't think it would be possible even if we all went out into the streets now and said: 'Hey, we want it to be legalized,'" says the rapper.

His "Bilingual record" is an example of overcoming prejudices, it is the first collaboration between rappers from Croatia and Serbia that resulted in an album.

"Unfortunately, due to the situation that has existed in recent decades, there has not been much cooperation of that type. We met, we got together, and why should we allow such prejudices to come between us and that album. I don't care what religion he is, if he is a good man that that's reason enough for me to cooperate," he says.

I can make an average salary, which is semi-misery

In the beginning, he often collaborated with Juice, probably the most controversial Serbian rapper who found himself the target of many fans of that sound due to his flirtation with turbo folk aesthetics, collaboration with folk singers and guest appearances on "Pink".

"If he gets money from it, that's okay with me. Now what do I need to say to him: 'Hey Juice, it's not right for you to take a bunch of money'? If he pays for it and it's okay for him, let him peel it to death," he comments. Bvana, although when asked if he could see himself in the same situation, he answers that he would rather earn money from an "ordinary" job. And how much does he earn from rap?

"I can make an average salary, which is more or less semi-misery. But I have some actions on the side, I do commercials, I sell t-shirts and sweatshirts, so that makes up for it," he reveals.