Kiernan Forbes popularly known as AKA has been tweeting a lot about his support for the African National Congress and encouraged fans to read more about politics.
On 20 May twitter was set alight when Economic Freedom Fighters spokesperson Mbuyiselo Ndlozi responded to the rappers tweets.
He then accused AKA of wanting to boycott EFF events, an accusation that AKA denied, saying all he said was that he would no longer perform at their events because he was an ANC member.
Minister of Sport Fikile Mbalula also joined in the twar and defended AKA saying that many other musicians played an important role in fighting apartheid and artist must be respected.
Nonke: put some respect on the rights for our artists to express themselves, even if not favorable to us in leadership,” tweeted Mbalula.
AKA is currently in Nigerian where he is expected to speak at the 2016 Lagos Music Conference.
Read tweets below:
https://twitter.com/MbalulaFikile/status/733645316851945473
https://twitter.com/akaworldwide/status/733644324680957955
https://twitter.com/MbalulaFikile/status/733638205002657793
https://twitter.com/MbalulaFikile/status/733637593485697025
The mistake @akaworldwide makes is to think being a conscious rapper means boycotting political parties u don't support. It's Unartistic!
— Mbuyiseni Ndlozi (@MbuyiseniNdlozi) May 20, 2016
All South Africans, regardless of party affiliation buy @akaworldwide music. Why boycott them just because they are EFF?
— Mbuyiseni Ndlozi (@MbuyiseniNdlozi) May 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/akaworldwide/status/733652657936736256
