Rapper Boity Thulo has responded to the backlash she received after dropping a freestyle on the beat of AKA’s song Mbuzi. In the freestyle, she mentions late rappers Riky Rick, Costa Titch and AKA himself.
In the freestyle shared on her social media accounts, the media personality raps the following:
“Fresh off the jet. First of all RIP to Supa Mega. Who would have thought that a rapper of his stature would be seen taking a bullet through the head? And that sh*t came right after Riky Rick, and after that we lost uCosta Titch. When y’all said hip hop is dead, y’all used your tongues and spoke it into existence, damn.”
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The above-mentioned verse was then shared by a Twitter user who found the verse disrespectful, with many in agreement.
Boity has since responded to the criticism. According to TshisaLIVE, the rapper said that she found nothing wrong with the verse as she was stating facts. “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, [I] didn’t lie.”
Speaking on how many artists in the hip-hop industry have entered the world of Amapiano, Boity said that the content she created was exactly what was needed to alter the music space.
“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.”
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