Kuami Eugene says he never viewed KiDi or any artiste at Lynx Entertainment as competition, despite long held public assumptions about a rivalry between the two.

Speaking to NY DJ on BTM Afrika, the Rockstar said his time at the label was driven by survival, not by any desire to outshine colleagues.

“The truth is I’ve never seen KiDi as a competition, not till today,” he said. He added: “I’ve never seen anybody at Lynx as a competition.”

He explained that he arrived at Lynx under different circumstances. “Because when I came there, they were doing their own thing, and I came to do my thing. I was hungrier than they all were, and it’s not their fault.”

Kuami Eugene said his early days at the label were defined by struggle and determination. “Maybe they had enough before they joined Lynx Entertainment. I came with zero. I had to build everything from scratch, so I came (probably) better prepared than they were. I had so much to lose.”

He contrasted his situation with that of KiDi. While KiDi already had a car, he was “walking from Fadama to Achimota to use the company’s studio”. He stressed how demanding those days were. “I wasn’t sleeping at all.”

He suggested that his work ethic might have pushed others to raise their game. “Maybe KiDi was just chilled till he realised I could actually worry, and that served as a competition to him, so he had to buckle up.” Still, he insisted that he never approached his work as a contest. “For me, it was not a competition at all.”

Kuami Eugene noted that he held deep respect for his label mates. “I just respected the fact that I could learn a few things from KiDi, MzVee, DJ Vyrusky, Richie Mensah and all.” For him, Lynx Entertainment felt like a community. “Competition? No one was a competition at Lynx Entertainment. I just saw it as a family vibe where I could learn certain things about life from these people.”

He said his drive came from a need to succeed rather than to outperform anyone. “But that aspect of being hungry and doing the music, trying to look for a hit song, I wasn’t in any competition. I came to survive.”

His reflections offer a clear picture of an artiste who built his career through sheer will and necessity.

Watch the full interview on BTM Afrika here: