I cried myself to sleep in the early days of my career - Malcolm Nuna recounts

Musician Malcolm Nunana Hehetror, known in showbiz as Malcolm Nuna, has narrated how he cried himself to sleep in the early days of his music career.

According to Malcolm who was crowned the Next Rated Artiste at the fourth edition of the 3Music Awards in 2021, he was overwhelmed with emotions by the harsh criticism, hate speeches and trolls he received on social media after his emergence.

The 'Money Man' hitmaker speaking on his rise to fame, made this confession in an interview with MzGee on Just Being Us.

“Yeah, there were a couple of times when I was about to sleep and I’d see something on the internet about me that made me feel bad. I’d think, ‘Bro, I’m just a kid. Why do you hate on me like that? I don’t even know you.’”

He added these acts from trolls got him questioning the genuineness of the industry, saying, "I ask myself, is this how the world is? Is this how Ghana's music industry is? Is this how people treat young and up-and-coming musicians?"

"It is not fair but I just learned that is how the world is and not everyone can like you or like what you do so I just be myself,” Malcolm Nuna told MzGee.

The Hip-hop cum Afrobeat artiste who is set to release an EP next month, already has a 17-track album titled 'Hasta La Vista' which features Larusso, Dead Peepol, Fameye, Tulenkey, Kofi Mole, Yaw Tog. The songs include Blind Love, Money Man, Baba, Spintex Life, Party and many more.

Malcolm Nuna appeared on Just Being Us alongside his colleagues: Derrick Osei Kuffour Prempeh, known as Kofi Jamar; Thorsten Owusu Gyimah, popularly referred to as Yaw Tog; and Kweku Flick, born Andy Osei Sarfo. They discussed their rise to fame and their plans to sustain the buzz from their enthusiastic fans.

These youngsters rose to fame during the COVID era and were labeled the new stars. Many of them received awards both locally and internationally within the Ghanaian community abroad.