Nkonkonsa Celebrity Gossip From Africa
Prolific Ghanaian rapper and songwriter, Eno Barony, has received praise for her extraordinary talent and ability to succeed in a male-dominated industry, yet she claims that this was not even her biggest obstacle.
As a “plus size” woman starting out in her career, she had to cope with discrimination and body shaming.
According to the celebrated Hiplife artiste, there were no ladies her size to aspire to in the profession because they were skinnier.
Eno Barony who identifies as the ‘mother of rap in Ghana’ told BBC News Africa how her body size inspired her 2019 hit single ‘Heavy Load’ where she encouraged plus-size women to embrace their beauty.
“When I came into the music scene, I never saw girls my size. Most of the girls I was seeing were skinnier. People were talking about my image so much…it was bothering me. When I accepted myself, as who I am, I did a song called ‘Heavy Load’ and I realized I have fans who are just like me.
“So if you see a woman doing anything male-dominated, you don’t doubt her it,” she charged.
“My name Eno means mother in my native language Twi…somehow, some way, divine intervention, I am like the mother of rap in Ghana.
“If am the mother of rap, Mzbel is like the grandmother. Every girl I knew at that time was dressing like Mzbel,” Eno told BBC Arica News in an interview published in April 2023.
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