LAGOS. – Nigerian artist Davido is the latest musician to put DJ Maphorisa on blast for not wanting to share the limelight when it comes to dominating in amapiano
DJ Maphorisa and Davido had a heated Twitter exchange as peeps tried to hash out who put amapiano on the map internationally.
DJ Maphorisa refused to acknowledge Davido’s impact as he only focused on Wizkid and Burna Boy.
Davido felt like DJ Maphorisa was taking away his shine when it comes to his contributions to amapiano in Africa. DJ Maphorisa let it be known that he does not think Davido made any strides in growing amapiano internationally.
DJ Maphorisa was soon engaged in a back-and-forth with Davido that rubbed Nigerian fans the wrong way.
According to TimesLive, Davido called out DJ Maphorisa for not acknowledging his impact in making amapiano more popular outside South Africa. DJ Maphorisa claimed that he and Kabza de Small were the first to put Nigerian artists Wizkid and Burna Boy on an amapiano song.
Maphorisa’s tweets come after a Twitter user claimed that Davido should be credited with making amapiano popular in the rest of Africa.
Davido responded to Maphorisa and accused the South African DJ of never liking him. He wrote:
“You’ve never liked me ,why? I’ve always been good to you . . . Anyway!”
Twitter users were divided as some thought that Davido was reaching.
Others accused Maphorisa of being jealous of the Nigerian star.
@OlaOfAbuja_ commented: “Man he didn’t even mention your name, how insecure can you be?”
@segalink commented: “They will even attempt to re-write history just to exhibit their envy but no worries…let them keep obsessing if they don’t talk about you or compare you to others, there’s no content…they are not interesting and no one cares about their talk about themselves. #AwayAwayAway”
@Kinghenryyyyyy commented: “You sha, you looked for way to insert yourself inside the matter.”
@larry_toyin commented: “Fingers are not equal, he’s (Mpahorisa) only been jealous.”
Mawobe commented: “This is so weird. Really weird. Like from where to where. He mentioned Wizkid and Burna, how the hell did that amount to hating you. Same rhetoric with “they hate coz my father is rich” when in reality, no one cares. Such a weirdo. Smh.”
@Letter_to_Jack commented: “But does this thing no concern you nah, from where to where?”
@Drwhales_ commented: “Over 12 years of being an A-list celebrity, you haven’t learnt how to act like a celebrity. Learn this composure thing. “ – briefly.
