Mentoring is a calling, don’t force it – Tinny

Ghanaian rapper, Nii Addo Quaynor, popularly known as Tinn, has offered an intriguing perspective on mentorship.

In an interview, Tuesday, July 29 2025, Tinny explained that although mentoring younger ones is a good thing to do, he believes it is a calling and not everyone is born to be a mentor.

He suggested that no one should be coerced into becoming a mentor since it could backfire.

“I believe that thing 9mentorship) comes naturally. Don’t force it to happen. If you force it to happen, you’ll end up just like a Catholic priest who commits adultery. It is not your calling; it comes naturally, so don’t force yourself to mentor someone or to give a crown to someone.

“And it is not everyone who deserves a mentoring crown. Mentoring somebody is on point, it is cool, but not being gidigidi like that,” he stated.

After a long hiatus from the music scene, Tinny is back with two new singles, ‘We Dey Conquer’ and ‘Barrier’, which are now available on all music streaming platforms.

The two tracks are a prelude to a 13-track album that Tinny is set to release this year.

“Conquer dropped recently, Barrier is here, I am working on my album, which is about to drop and building up to the album, like four to five tracks will follow before the album comes,” he told Trigmatic.

Tinny began his music career in the late 90s with a breakthrough in 2003 with the release of his hit single ‘Makola Kwakwe’, which propelled him to prominence in the Ghanaian hiplife scene.