Hades: Teacher-cum-rapper

Hades is an art teacher at a local junior secondary school. “I grew up listening to conscious rap music that addressed socio-political themes that tore into actual and relatable issues. I was fascinated by the lyricism the artists of the genre possessed and exhibited when they touched on controversial topics,” he said.

This young artist said he was captivated by the underworld rap music and emulated those rappers’ approach to writing. Hades then came up with the name ‘Hades’ inspired by a mythical character who was the god of the ‘underworld’ in Greek mythology. He added that rapping was about displaying his skills. He then chose to go by Hades to symbolically levitate above the rest of the underground rap artists as their God.