AKA’s 'One Time' music video launch. Picture: Supplied
While most of you were sitting in front of your TV screens discussing how corruption has destroyed the ANC, rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes was busy praising it.
In a series of tweets on Thursday night, the rapper slammed the EFF for distracting President Jacob Zuma’s state of the nation in parliament, saying the party and its “colonial masters” had accomplished its mission – to disrupt.
He was really concerned about “the sad fact” that even though the president had important matters to address, everyone was too busy tweeting about security guards instead of listening.
Yes, there may have been corruption in the ANC government, but the president had always stood for empowering black people.
“Jacob Zuma has made more black millionaires than any other president,” he says.
Without clarifying on how these millionaires were made, AKA, did, however, explain that corruption and politics went hand in hand.
“Listen here …. everybody gained from corruption since we gained political power …. I mean, EVERYBODY.
“Think of corruption as our very own system of wealth redistribution. You put your people on, your people put their people on. Jigga,” he said.
He further thanked former president Nelson Mandela and Zuma’s government for the “fertile land” that offered endless opportunities. He said he had “flourished”, thanks to Zuma.
“Under Jacob Zuma’s government I’ve flourished,” he said. He did, however, say that he had made more money at Kong than all the money the ruling party has paid him for all his gigs for them combined.
Though The World is Yours hit maker praised “Jacob Zuma’s government” for giving people endless opportunities, he further told people to stop slating him, AKA, for his political views and, instead, work on their own dreams and use their given opportunities to better their lives.
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