Cape Town – South African radio broadcaster Sizwe Dhlomo recently sparked debate on social media after he asked a question about rap music in the country.
Sizwe took to Twitter to ask what went wrong with rap music in South Africa.
“Rap was once great in this country! I wonder if guys understand what went wrong?,” wrote Sizwe in a tweet.
Rap was once great in this country! I wonder if guys understand what went wrong?
— Sizwe Dhlomo (@SizweDhlomo) July 31, 2022
Tweeps reacted to Sizwe’s tweet citing musical taste, beef among artists and lack of creativity.
Take a look at some of the Twitter reactions below:
They got caught up in the “beef” and neglected their craft.
— Mazola J. Molefe (@superjourno) July 31, 2022
Well no offence but I feel like ever since the introduction of new young cats like Nasty,Reece,Shane, etc, the old cats felt the pressure, well obvious because most attention was going to the new kids on the block.. so with that said, instead of jelling with the new kids and
— TreySA100 (@TreySa100) July 31, 2022
Honestly it can still be great only if rappers put in more work into their craft as amapiano artists do. Problem now is that they think that music is about competition but no music is about fans there are still many hip hop fans who will be happy if hip hop comes back like before
— BacardiOutNow (@Daprincemajor) July 31, 2022
Niggaz didn’t want to adapt to their OWN home grown sound. Instead are waiting for USA/UK to introduce a new set of beats…Amapiano is growing massively. They could’ve taken the dive but nah. Anything that sounds too “local” doesn’t cut it.
— Fela Nkunzi (@DJ_TTO) July 31, 2022
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