American rapper’s condescending tweet questioning music popularity in South Africa and implying Africa’s underdevelopment sparks outrage on Twitter.
Fellow Africans criticized him as ignorant and dumb, challenging stereotypes. Tweet sparks backlash, with Africans calling him ignorant. Social media erupts with responses criticizing the rapper’s perceived lack of awareness about the global reach of African music
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This is what he said:
Do a lot of people play my music in South Africa I remember having on big show their few years back … how do yall listen to our music in South Africa???? On what platform or in Nigeria?
Others did not take it well and decided to remind the rapper ,one fan said:
When we went to listen to y’all music, we gathered around in circles while beating the drums and shakers then the monkey would hum the tune of your music and we danced
The context of the conversation was an authentic one though as it is important that Africans invest in streaming platforms of their music other than rely on YouTube which does not pay well. Meek mill responded to a range of questions including on what inspired his Mandela freestyle but most people could not take it well when he mentioned South Africa and Nigeria.
