Prolific sound engineer, Edward Nana Poku Osei, famously known as Hammer of the Last Two or Da' Hammer, says he fed more than 50 rappers during his heydays.

He made this revelation when he was asked by Andy Dosty on The Library on Hitz FM, how he managed a lot of rappers at the same time.

“I used to feed over 50 boys. Boys I didn’t know, rehearsing outside. I used to buy loads of food for everybody just to make sure they were okay. In the mornings, we gave everybody transport to go back home.”

Irrespective of their large number, Da’ Hammer never lost control of managing the young rappers and singers. According to him, he operated his studio like an autocratic leader in order to keep the artistes in check. He did not experience any hard time from any of the artistes under his wings.

“With the artistes, tough times never affected me. I don’t think any artiste has given me a tough time. Because I was operating like a dictator kind of producer,”

“I was a teacher, and most of the boys were naïve and so they needed grooming. So I was that person who was doing all that. Nobody was really giving me stress,” he added.

Da’ Hammer also talked about a certain figure whose presence made it ill-advised to mess around – an intimidating person who made it seem unwise for artistes to even think of breaking any rules at Hammer’s studio.

“We had like a General in the studio – that was Shushu. You can’t go pass him. You mess around in the studio, you will be punished – people used to kneel down in the studio with their hands up. Rappers don’t mess around,” he pointed.

But in spite of that, the only artiste who managed to give Hammer a tough time during record sessions was a young Ga rapper from Osu, Tinny. Per Da’ Hammer, Tinny was headstrong and out-there.

“The most stubborn artiste that I know of was Tinny. But I think he was just a free spirit who was also a very spoilt brat – last baby. He had everything at his disposal. His brothers were all working in the U.K and they were sending him everything. You can imagine how that made him swollen-headed,” he said.

Nonetheless, Da’ Hammer managed Tinny and played the role of a father to him. He made sure the rapper took his work seriously.

Tinny, also known as Aletse, is a rapper who was famously known for delivering his lyrics in the Ga dialect. He began working with Hammer of the Last Two in the early 2000s.

His songs include, “Makola Kwakwe”, “Obe Do Ba”, “Wani Cikin”, “Oofee Dull”, “Ringtone”, “Anaconda” and more.