The duo and their rapper palīs success has been offset by trolling, depression and suicide. They talk family, therapy and why there is a stigma with black men and mental healthIt is not often that an interview feels like a group therapy session. However, in the gleaming innards of the Universal Music Groupīs London headquarters with rap duo Krept & Konan, and one of their close friends, fellow rapper Ramz, we manage to create something of a safe space.Krept & Konanīs new album Revenge Is Sweet flips captivatingly from the big-boots heft of Goat Level to the slow and sexy Afrobeats of G Love. But the tracks that hit hardest are the two that round it off. Ramz delivers a three-minute spoken word track, Before Itīs Too Late, in which he talks about his mental health problems and says he has tried to kill himself several times. It is followed by Broski, a moving ode to Krept & Konanīs friend and former business partner, Nyasha `Nashī Chagonda, who killed himself last year. Together, and in their own unique ways, the trio are beginning a hard journey toward emotional recovery. Continue reading...
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