AKA has hit out at veteran rappers who use trap music to stay relevant.
Image by: Via AKA’s Twitter
Rapper AKA has never been one to hold his tongue, even about those with whom he often shares a stage. And he’s done it again! This time lashing out at music veterans for using trap music to stay “relevant”.
AKA took to Twitter recently, after giving fans a taste of his new upcoming single, to flex a little and take some shots. And this time, trap music and music veterans were on his hit list.
As a South African with global aspirations, making trap music doesn't make sense to me.
— AKA (@akaworldwide) October 6, 2016
The only trap music I'm interested in making is local trap music ….. Because locally, that's what people seem to like.
— AKA (@akaworldwide) October 6, 2016
AKA said that his criticism isn’t so much about trap music as it is about the “crap” music that SA artists and even some veterans have stolen from America to try stay relevant.
KANYE WEST is referencing SOUTH AFRICAN HOUSE MUSIC when he asks producers to cook for him … So why are we looking abroad for inspiration?
— AKA (@akaworldwide) October 6, 2016
The influence of trap music on SA hip-hop is a debate that has been raging for what seems like eternity. And AKA made his thoughts on the debate clear, saying that making trap music “does not make sense” to him.
Fans clamoured to guess who AKA was throwing shade at, with some even suggesting that he may have been referring to his rival Cassper Nyovest who had just released a trap-inspired single a few days earlier.
You know what's super embarrassing?? Old heads ditching their style, desperate for relevance, trying to make trap music. THAT shit is sad.
— AKA (@akaworldwide) October 6, 2016
But the Baddest rapper wasn’t telling, only asking artists to evaluate their identity and wear the shoe if it fits.
Before I go … Here's a question for all artists out there. WHAT IS YOUR IDENTITY? SOUND WISE? GENRE WISE? DO YOU HAVE AN IDENTITY?
— AKA (@akaworldwide) October 6, 2016
If you take offense to the previous tweets. It just means you are making the shoe fit. If you my homie, you're my homie, Twitter ain't shit.
— AKA (@akaworldwide) October 6, 2016
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