I Watched AKA’s Interview on Sway On The Morning Then I Wrote Down My Thoughts

by Phil Chard

AKA has bad a busy two week stint over in the states. After attending the BET Awards the Super Mega made his way over to New York where he performed at the Every Afrique event on July 4th.

Yesterday AKA and DJ Fanatic also made their way to Shade 45 studios where AKA appeared on Sway Calloway's morning show. image001 (1)

No matter how hard we all try to avoid the AKA and Cassper comparisons it seems the two artists are almost inseparable when conversations about their careers pop up. Coupled with the fact that AKA was appearing on the same show that Cassper was on a week earlier, all the lazy journalists and timeline terrorists must have been frothing at mouth for this easy layup of a headline.

I tuned into the show yesterday to listen in live as AKA discussed a number of issues with Sway. From his career to his relationship with Protools Bonang, his daughter and his various achievements.

Sadly, once again, much like his compatriot AKA said what I can only deem to be damaging comments with regards to racial epithets and race relations in South Africa. AKAa basically echoed the problematic statements uttered by Cassper on the very same show. AKA's statements also resulted in him getting into a little tiff with a caller who took umbrage to his use of the N word his music.

AKA also couldn't resist the temptation to take shots at Cassper during his freestyle when he rapped "now begotten sitting in the same damn chair as Tsibib"

Disappointingly AKA was rapping his bars off his phone and only managed to drop 4 bars off the top of his dome before he stumbled and then rapped his verse from Bang Out.

The thing that I can't seem to understand is why in two consecutive interviews two of South Africa's and Africa's most popular rap artists went onto one of the three biggest Hip Hop morning shows in THE WORLD and failed to deliver when they were called upon to display their skills as true MCs.

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