South African media personality Boity Thulo is working hard on making a musical comeback . She recently sampled late rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes’ Mbuzi Freestyle. While this sample has also received some praise, not everyone thought her lyrics about AKA’s death was in good taste. Many have slammed her for mentioning not only AKA but Riky Rick and Costa Titch too.

 

 

 

 

 

She has since spoken out about the backlash and says that she was just “stating facts”.

Boity Thulo is back in studio and working hard to revive her rap career.

Her eagerness to impress may have landed her in a bit of hot water with social media users who disapprove of her latest contribution to the music world.

The 33-year-old just hopped on AKA’s Mbuzi Freestyle and dropped a few bars that some have openly referred to as “distasteful”.“First of all R.I.P. to Supa Mega, who would’ve thought that a rapper of his stature will be taking a bullet through the head,” she starts her freestyle.

She then mentions the death of Riky Rick and Costa Titch.

“And that sh*t came right after Riky Rick and after that we lost uCosta Titch. When y’all said hiphop is dead, y’all used your tongues and spoke it into existence, damn,” she says in the song.While many saw this as a tribute to the late musicians, others believed that it was insensitive. Many wondered how the family members of the late stars would feel after hearing the song.

“this is just distasteful. there’s nothing artistic about it at all. no punchlines, barely even rhymes, just pure disrespect to the grieving families,” one person wrote while adding:

“like do yall understand how disrespectful this is, people literally DIED.”

SIMPLY STATING FACTS?
The rapper has since told TimesLive that she was simply stating facts. She also said that she didn’t think there was any disrespect.

“I didn’t lie in the song and I don’t think there was any form of disrespect. I just feel like people misunderstood what I said, but with regards to what I said didn’t lie,” she said.

“We haven’t seen anything within the hip-hop space, and I was just stating facts, and I think that’s exactly what’s happening. I feel like there’s been a huge gap left open within South African hip hop and I am hoping that with my return I am filling that gap.”