Cape Town — South African rapper Boity Thulo has ruffled some feathers on social media with her freestyle rap that was a tribute to all former rappers AKA, Costa Titch and Ricky Rick.
The 15-second clip was uploaded to Twitter and Boity is seen rapping in front of a blue Jeep where she speaks about the rappers’ legacy in the industry.
“First of all, R.I.P. to Supa Mega. Who would have thought that a rapper of his stature would be taking a bullet through the head? And that sh*t came right after Riky Rick, and after that we lost Costa Titch. When y’all said Hip Hop is dead, y’all used your tongues and spoke it into existence, damn,” she says in the song.
no cause what the hell is this supposed to mean? 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/w6Eofry8Lq
— ✘ (@6uhle) June 26, 2023
Social media was quick to react to her freestyle and it received mixed reviews. Some felt it was a good tribute to the former artists but many felt it was in poor taste and her delivery of the lines was highly insensitive, especially considering how recently AKA and Titch passed away.
Take a look at some of the reactions from social media below:
like do yall understand how disrespectful this is, people literally DIED😭
— ✘ (@6uhle) June 26, 2023
idk if this is a tribute or a diss????😭😭😭😭
— if i speak??? hmm (@_margi3la) June 26, 2023
these are the same people that critique hip hop artists on the timeline, can’t even comprehend a basic 8 bar https://t.co/qumHBcEi38
— whylovedru (@beeka_druu) June 27, 2023
She literally means SA hip hop died with Mega and Makhado bruh 🤷♂️🤷♂️ I’m convinced ya’ll don’t understand bars 😭😭🤦♂️ https://t.co/rCZAQjRNkE
— Just_prow (@JustProw) June 26, 2023
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Compiled by Matthew Petersen
