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Cassper Nyovest asks American rapper will.i.am what happens now after DJ Lag & Megan Ryte song drama

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Local rapper Cassper Nyovest joined legions of South Africans in sharing his displeasure about will.I.am’s apology to DJ Lag about the Megan Ryte song “Culture”.

In case you missed it, Megan has been on the receiving end of a widespread backlash for her song “Culture”. It’s understood the song has been plagiarized from DJ Lag’s 2016 hit “Ice Drop”.

Following this, will.I.am issued an apology. But SA tweeps weren’t happy with it.

He said: “I’m here to clear up the situation between the song ”Culture“ and ’Drop Ice’ by DJ Lag. First I want to take the time to apologize to Megan Ryte from the bottom of my heart. Megan, I am truly sorry for putting you in this situation”.

The musician said he needed everyone to know Megan did not deserve the hate thrown at her.

“Megan didn’t do anything wrong. The person who is at fault is myself. When the song was turned in, I turned in the credit information to Megan and I obviously got the credit information wrong.”

The “Friday Night” hitmaker weighed in on the matter, echoing many fellow South Africans’ sentiments regarding fixing the song credits and compensating DJ Lag for the use of his beat.

Cassper said: “What about the Coins and the credit on the song? How about a young Black Eyed Peas record produced by Dj Lag? What happens now king ?”

Speaking to a local publication, DJ Lag’s manager Sevi Spanoudi said no requests were made to sample the song, permission wasn’t giving and “Lag was not aware of the usage”.

He said DJ Lag, who produced the hit “Trip to New York”, felt the apology wasn’t directed at him, therefore he could not comment.

Megan has since deleted all her social media posts featuring the song. The YouTube music video, which had 2.5 million views and over 18 000 dislikes, has also been removed.

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In other news – Emotional scenes during Kwaito star Mshoza’s memorial service – Photos

“I am at a loss of words. I wasn’t ready to lose you, mommy.” Those were the words of late Queen of Kwaito Mshoza’s 12-year-old daughter, Pride that got many people in tears at her mother’s memorial service.

Mshoza

Her 11-year-old daughter Junior could not hold back and when she tried to speak, she just wept. All she could say as they were about to step off the podium was: “I love you mommy.” Learn More

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The Zane Lowe Show welcomes Tiwa Savage

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Tiwa Savage on The Zane Lowe Show

Nigerian artist Tiwa Savage joins The Zane Lowe Show for the broadcast premiere of her new single, “Tales By Moonlight (feat. Amaarae),” from upcoming EP Water & Gari. Tiwa talks about how the track came about, and how this EP is a new exploration for her. She shares about her collaborations with Nas, Pharrell, and Brandy, and how she felt inspired to go back into the studio after the release of Celia. Key quotes below. Feel free to use with credit to Zane Lowe and Apple Music 1.

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Tiwa Savage Tells Apple Music about the song being named after a Nigerian program 
So when I heard the instrumental, exactly how you said, just the way the beat felt just soft and light, but it still felt like this old school vibe. You just want to two-step to it. So I wanted a record that felt good. The lyrics, even my delivery on it, my tone, I was very soft on it. But it’s a love song.

Tales By Moonlight, it was a popular program when I was growing up in Nigeria and it was this lady or this man that used to tell stories. So it’s me saying I just want that fairy tale type of love. I don’t want to lose hope in just finding real love. I still believe in that. No matter how many times I’ve been heartbroken, I still am a sucker for love. I still believe there’s still that fairytale Cinderella ending.

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Tiwa Savage Tells Apple Music about collaborating with Nas
There’s a song on there, very first song called Work Fada. It’s featuring Rich King and Nas. I’ve never created music like this. You just have to listen to it. You have to hear it. It’s not one of those things that you just listen to, you experience it.

Tiwa Savage Tells Apple Music about playing the record for Pharrell
Everybody that was involved from Rodney Jerkins to Brandy, to Ty Dolla Sign, to Nas, it’s just, it’s incredible. When I played the record for Pharrell, he was blown away. He was just quiet for a few seconds, like, “Wow.”

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Tiwa Savage Tells Apple Music about Brandy being her biggest influence
Brandy is literally the reason why I started singing, literally. As a kid, just listening to I Want To Be Down, every interview I’ve ever had, she’s my favorite, my all time, my mentor, everything. And I’ve been trying to work with her for years. It was a dream of mine. And when it happened this time, it’s not even just music, we connected like sisters. She’s someone that I speak to literally every other day. It’s beyond my expectation.

Tiwa Savage Tells Apple Music about continuing to create music through the pandemic
Some people are like, “Are you sure you want to release another project? We’re not sure about touring yet.” And for me, it’s not really about that. It’s about putting music out and just making sure that people’s souls are still fed. That’s the only way I contribute to what’s going on around the world.

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Ariana Grande to perform a series of concerts inside the hit video game Fortnite

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Popstar and songwriter Ariana Grande is the latest musician to perform a series of concerts inside the hit video game Fortnite.

Millions of gamers are expected to watch the virtual gigs, which see Ariana Grande soar through the sky with huge angel wings while surrounded by players inside bubbles.

Gaming reporter Marc Cieslak spoke to Fortnite’s Phil Rampulla about the project and his ambitions to create a “metaverse” – where people can gather for shared experiences online.

In Other News – Apple criticised for the system that detects child abuse

Apple is facing criticism over a new system that finds child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on US users’ devices.

The technology will search for matches of known CSAM before the image is stored onto iCloud Photos.

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But there are concerns that the technology could be expanded and used by authoritarian governments to spy on their own citizens. learn more

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What you need to know about Gee Six Five (Amapiano Gogo)

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If you’ve been on social media in the last week or so, you have probably seen an image or video of a new artist named Gee Six Five.

Gee Six Five

She has become so popular, in fact, that she is practically a meme at this point, often used when people want to indicate that they have no idea who someone is.

This is due to the fact that she is the artist behind a hit single titled Obani Labababantu (who are these people?)

Gee Six Five released it last week after months of working on it.

Olpha Selepe (65) is a grandmother and retired teacher who decided to take another shot at her music career in July after she left the teaching profession at the beginning of lockdown.

Selepe is a master’s graduate and currently working towards a doctorate at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Despite many makking fun of the song, it seems to have grown on them.

Selepe has grown on people after clips from a recent Instagram Live were shared on Twitter.

In the interview, Selepe hails her talent which she said should not be confused for bragging.

According to a relative of Selepe’s, Sbu Mpungose, this is the first and last time we’ll be hearing from Selepe.

-The Citizen

In other news – Emotional scenes during Kwaito star Mshoza’s memorial service – Photos

“I am at a loss of words. I wasn’t ready to lose you, mommy.” Those were the words of late Queen of Kwaito Mshoza’s 12-year-old daughter, Pride that got many people in tears at her mother’s memorial service.

Mshoza

Her 11-year-old daughter Junior could not hold back and when she tried to speak, she just wept. All she could say as they were about to step off the podium was: “I love you mommy.” Learn More

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