Kwesta opended up about why SA rappers should embrace amapiano during a sit down on Dadaboy Ehiz via FaceTime on Apple Music 1 to talk about their latest track, “Mrholo Wayizolo (feat. Masterpiece YVK & Papta Mancane).
Speaking to this Kwesta responded by saying;
“It’s not a competition. Even from rappers, I’m not sure what it’s like in the rest of the countries but in South Africa they try to pin hip-hop and amapiano against each other, and for me that’s just crazy. They’re afraid of the new stuff and if you think about it, it’s almost working backwards because when those guys came in they also introduced a new sound and they wanted to be ungovernable, break the rules and take over. Now that it’s someone else’s turn, people are almost shy to open the door. They go ‘ah no what’s this, I don’t understand it’, but unfortunately we don’t have to understand it – as long we listen to it and embrace it, it’s gonna go to the rest of the world and miss you if you’re trying to almost purposely be a hater.“
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