South African rapper AKA just got a feature on a song and his verse on the track has got fans speculating that he was talking about Burna Boy. For the remix to his smash hit song “Nkalakatha”, South African rapper Costa Titch enlists rappers Riky Rick and AKA.
In his verse, AKA dropped some lines that fans think are subliminal shots at Grammy-nominated Nigerian artist Burna Boy and South African politician Julius Malema. He said:
“I am the king of the jungle, Julius Caesar. Cancel my people, cancel your visa. Nobody go enter. South Africa is the kingdom, the Garden of Eden, and I’m at the centre, the public protector … my middle finger stands tall for the flag.”
AKA v Burna Boy
Burna Boy was to perform in South Africa last weekend at the highly anticipated anti-xenophobia concert tagged Africa Unite. Eventually, the organizers canceled the concert after Burna withdrew following threats of violence.
South Africans, including AKA, called for him to apologize for the comments he made against South Africa. Burna Boy made these comments when South Africans attacked and destroyed Nigerians and Nigerian-owned businesses in August.
Burna Boy vowed never to travel to South Africa except the country’s government stops attacks on foreigners. The concert was supposed to be a tribute to the Xenophobic attacks that rocked the country in September 2019.
In the aftermath of the attacks, the confrontation between Burna Boy and AKA got a lot of attention. AKA wanted him to apologize for his comment, even though he [AKA] had spewed xenophobic content.
This shows that a substantial part of the South African population still has a lot of ugly hate towards Nigerians. Their lack of self-awareness and remorse is palpable in their demand for an apology and their entitlement is nothing short of stupid.
Actually, this further cements the fact that Burna Boy has absolutely nothing to apologize for.
AKA v Julius Malema?
Meanwhile, South African politician and activist Julius Malema also came under fire for his support for Burna Boy and for further stating that no one was going to stop the Afrobeats star from performing in the Rainbow nation.
Another line from AKA’s verse that also got people talking seems to be a shot at people who were silent as well as politicians (Julius Malema?) that contributed to the issue that threatened to divide the two countries:
“All of y’all with a platform need a backbone, you trash. How can I be the only one with opinions and the radio on smash? Watermelon on tap, small politicians, big mad. Voetsek!”
AKA is obviously still big mad, petty, and pained if he decided to use a whole verse to sub the Grammy-nominated artist.