Nigerian rapper Vector Tha Viper has revealed that his collaboration with Goodgirl LA, titled Early Momo, played a role in helping a patient at a psychiatric home recover from depression.
The artiste shared this while speaking on the value of music during a recent episode of The Honest Bunch podcast.
He explained that the true measure of music goes beyond topping charts and should be about the effect it has on listeners’ lives.
According to him, songs often reflect what people are going through, and certain tracks gain more streams when listeners face personal struggles.
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He noted that his song with Seyi Vibez, Mercy, is one such track that resonates with people who may be dealing with deep thoughts.
Vector added that the feedback he received from the psychiatric home about Early Momo made him realize that music can bring comfort and healing even in unexpected places.
For him, such moments show that success in music is not only about commercial results but also about the positive changes it creates in people’s lives.
He said: ‘I can tell when people are going through a tough time because certain records come up on streams. Like the record with Seyi Vibez, ‘Mercy.’ When it pops up, you will know that people have started overthinking. And that is what music should really be. It should be spread across in such a way that whatever people are going through, they find the music to fit that purpose.
“Now, how do you say that is not successful because that’s not the chart? I released Early Momo and I got a message from a psychiatric home that said it helped somebody that was depressed… That’s a successful moment in somebody else’s life that I didn’t even intend to. So, success has different definitions,” Vector explained.
