Friday, 22 November, 2024

Swae Lee reveals he is partly Nigerian following Amapiano criticism


Swae Lee

American recording artiste, Swae Lee has stated that he was introduced to the music genre, Amapiano by Nigerians. The singer-songwriter who is also a member of the duo Hip Hop group, Rae Sremmund disclosed that he is partly Nigerian.

The rapper made the revelation while clarifying why he attached the Nigerian flag to a tweet announcing he was jumping on the South African genre, Amapiano wave.

Swae Lee
Swae Lee

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ā€œWait till yā€™all hear Swae Lee on Amapiano,ā€ he wrote with a Nigerian flag emoji at the end.

Outraged South Africans trooped to the comment section to accuse Swae Lee of discrediting their country, the origin of Amapiano, and wrongly crediting Nigeria.

However, Swae Lee clarified in follow-up tweets that his initial tweet was misunderstood.

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According to him, he added the Nigerian flag because he is partly Nigerian.

He wrote, ā€œFor the ones outraged about the flag, I put it because Iā€™m partly Nigerian. I didnā€™t say anything about the creation of the genre yā€™all tweaking.ā€

Swae Lee added: ā€œBigs up to the South Africans for creating this beautiful sh*t.ā€

The singer-songwriter added in another tweet,

“I never discredited nobody sorry yā€™all read it that way I never said anything about itā€™s origins in that tweet I was just letting my fans know Iā€™m tapped in and been cooking some amapiano style songs salute to the history of amapiano and the first creators of it Iā€™m not taking that away from anybody much love and stay tuned”


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