On Wednesday this week, American musician Swae Lee who was unexpectedly bombarded with angry tweets from South Africans after tweeting about amapiano and adding the Nigerian flag emoji to his tweet. Many locals took offence causing a Twitter storm. And now amapiano king, DJ Maphorisa has jumped on the bandwagon and encouraged South Africans to work with Nigeria since the country is more advanced with business and pop culture.

 

 

South Africans couldn’t be less impressed with Maphorisa and have now shared how they miss late rapper AKA who would’ve stood up for Mzansi.

The origins of amapiano has caused a grand debate on social media this week. This after US rapper Swae Lee used the Nigerian flag while praising the music genre.

South Africans were instantly riled up as they demanded credit.

On Wednesday this week, Prince Kaybee took to Twitter tAnd now amapiano boss DJ Maphorisa has echoed Kaybee’s thoughts.

According to Phori, South Africans should be open to working with Nigerians because they are not only advanced when it comes to business, but also because they are more pop cultured.

Take a look at his clip below:o tell South Africans to stop trying to “gatekeep culture”.The post did not sit well with social media users who have now resorted to speaking about how much they miss slain rapper AKA.

According to them, he would have fought for Mzansi.

“I have a lot to argue about… but I’ll just leave it there for now because this Maphorisa guy is just thinking about his bag and nothing else. Guys we really miss #AKA, we are left with izilima zama artists,” one person wrote.