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Cassper Nyovest cancels verse on DJ Maphorisa’s ‘Phoyisa’ because of Twitter haters
The rapper says he woke up to the 'whole country' telling him they 'don't want me on the record'.
Is Cassper Nyovest really jealous of Master KG?
DJ Maphorisa took to Twitter on Tuesday morning to indicate that his new track Phoyisa featuring Kabza is ready, and to invite rapper Cassper Nyovest to do a verse on the song.
This led to such a backlash from the rapper’s haters that by the time he had woken up on Tuesday, Nyovest had ruled out doing the verse due to the negative feedback he’d received.
Nyovest, who is currently South Africa’s number one trending topic on Twitter, said in a tweet he’d woken up to the “whole country shittin on me [sic] saying they don’t want me on the record”.
He added that while he believed he would have “smashed it out the park”, he didn’t want to “force issues” by appearing on the song.
“This is your moment Phorry,” he said, calling the DJ by his nickname. “Let it ring without me”.
In another tweet responding to a fan, Nyovest denied he had cancelled his verse because he cared too much about what those on Twitter think.
“Nah I don’t listen to Twitter. I just think the energy around the song changed when they heard I was on the song. I don’t wanna mess up Maphorisa’s moment with [people] discussing my verse instead of just enjoying the song. The energy around the song was so positive till this morning,” he said.
The issue, meanwhile, appears to have divided Twitter, with some saying Nyovest would ruin the song and others saying he would make it. Many mentioned that he has a good record when it comes to verses on SA dance tracks in styles such as gqom and amapiano, with his role in making DJ Sumbody’s Monate Mpolaye a hit brought up by several Twitter users.
UPDATE: Nyovest has since changed his mind and dropped a verse on Phoyisa. More on that here.
Eish, i woke up to the whole country shittin on me saying they don't want me on the record. Woulda smashed it out the park but this your moment Phorry!!! Let it ring without me!!! Don't wanna force issues!!! 2020 needs that Cassper X Maphorisa X Kabza MAGIC DOE. VULA FTSEK HEH!!! https://t.co/kkcs7A7TU4
— Don Billiato (@casspernyovest) December 31, 2019
Nah i don't listen to twitter. I just think the energy around the song changed when they heard i was on the song. I don't wanna mess up Maphorisa's moment with ppl discussing my verse instead of just enjoying the song. The energy around the song was so positive till this morning. https://t.co/w3Arx9CTje
— Don Billiato (@casspernyovest) December 31, 2019
Can't wait for Phorry to drop the song so we can continue dancing to his tune!!! Him and Kabza been serving us all year and it seems like they might serve us all year long in 2020 as well. Phoisa!!! VULA FTSEK HEEEY!!!!
— Don Billiato (@casspernyovest) December 31, 2019
Cassper owned Monate Mpolaye. He made that song a HIT. If there's any Hip Hop artist that can touch iPiano and make it sound good, it's definitely Nyovest. He keeps delivering, why the hate?
— Tshepo Ranko (@Tshepo_Ranko) December 31, 2019
People when they hear Cassper has a verse💀💀 pic.twitter.com/H03R4zQPZt
— Lil Zulu Vert (@uGumede_yeyeye) December 31, 2019
This whole Cassper debacle is a little sad and funny because only now when you guys realise what power your words have then you want to retreat. You want to call Cassper sensitive when the whole time you were saying he is unnecessary on the song.
— iCherry 2.0 (@BiKeR626) December 31, 2019
https://twitter.com/General_shezi/status/1211867471281639429
Aint it ironic that suddenly the same people people who was annoying all year with "Cassper is not a rapper, he does kwaito & amapiano" are the same ones now who dont want him on a yanos record 😂😂😂they wanna hate on Cassper so bad but hey sizothini😂
— General Ri Shin (@BreezyMeister14) December 31, 2019
Y'all – "Heh heh Cassper is not a rapper. He should stick to doing Kwaito and Amapiano"
*Maphorisa wants Cassper on a Piano song.*
Y'all – "He'll ruin the song. He's a rapper"
Cassper… pic.twitter.com/KVV91Tjbt2
— Melanin MasterPiece 🇮🇹 (@AlinahSweets) December 31, 2019
(Compiled by Daniel Friedman)
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