Rapper Nasty C took to Twitter to set hip hop artist manager Nota straight after he claimed the credit for encouraging Nasty to rap in isiZulu.
Nhlamulo “Nota” Baloyi, who is Kwesta’s former manager and business partner, took to Twitter to throw shade at Cassper Nyovest’s song Bonginkosi and Nasty C’s Zulu rapping in his upcoming album Zulu Man With Some Power.
The tweet was totes unprovoked, especially since most people had nothing but praise for both Cassper's song and Nasty vernac bars.
Nasty C could have turned a deaf ear to the criticism, but he lost his cool when Nota went on to say that he deserves the credit for apparently being the “reason” why Nasty ventured into rapping in isiZulu.
“Lmao aye jun***, stay off Twitter. What f***** nonsense is this? Who let you think you’re that important?” he asked before adding laughing emojis.
The Hell Naw rapper went into a full-on heated rant.
Nasty made sure to let Nota know that he had no influence on any of his moves and also slammed him for piggybacking on Kwesta's star power.
“Kwesta is a G.O.A.T because of what he does, his own efforts ... he’s the one doing the magic! You just sitting on his lap singing his name. Now you wanna act like you’ve done something. Ni*** where?” Nasty tweeted.
Spotify’s ‘New Music Friday’ Billboard in Time Square to Feature Nasty C For 24 Hours
Nasty C will be featured on Spotify's 'New Music Friday' billboard in Time Square for 24 hours.
To support the release of Zulu Man With Some Power, Nasty C's upcoming album out this Friday, Spotify announced that the streaming platform's New Music Friday billboard in Time Square will feature Nasty C for 24 hours on the day of release.
Spotify also shared some interesting statistics about Nasty C based on activity on the platform. The stats include Nasty C's most streamed songs on Spotify globally, and five of the countries in which he's most streamed. South Africa is of course on top of the list, followed by the US, a market Nasty C has been aggressively expanding into.
Zulu Man With Some Power is poised to be the South African emcee's biggest album to date with the backing of Universal Music Group and Def Jam Recordings. The album features the likes of Ari Lennox, T.I., Rowlene and Tellaman, while production will be handled by Nasty C himself alongside a list of producers who so far include Blasian Beats, Bankroll Got It, Spacedtime Beats, Audiomarc and Gemini Major. The project is executive produced by No I.D..
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Zulu Man With Some Power is one of the most anticipated albums in South Africa's music scene. So far, Nasty C has released five songs from Zulu Man With Some Power—"Eazy", "They Don't", "There They Go", "Palm Trees" and "Zulu Man". In the latter, the rapper surprised his fans and counterparts when he rapped the song's verse entirely in IsiZulu. More about that here.
For years in his flourishing career, fans, especially those from his city Durban, have been urging Nasty C to rap in his home language IsiZulu.
However, the rapper, whose English raps can go bar for bar with the best in the world, has taken his own time. He recently stated he's not under pressure to sound more (South) African in his raps.
In "Zulu Man", the rapper rides a cloud of dark synths and a pulverising bassline as he delivers two verses purely in IsiZulu. He tells his story of getting into rap, how he's an inspiration to the youngins from his hood. He even mentions his neighbours' names who he says can testify that he's been about this rap life his whole life. How's that for homage?
While Nasty C's Zulu rapping isn't top of the range, he still sounds convincing and believable. And he manages to use the incumbent triplet flow while rapping in IsiZulu. Some lines fall out of pocket, but "Zulu Man" does succeed in showing Nasty C in a different light. As the rapper always says, he mostly speaks IsiZulu when he's with friends and family—so this is a chance to meet the man he is to those who are close to him.
"Zulu Man" is the fifth song to be released from Nasty C's highly anticipated third studio album Zulu Man With Some Power. The previous four singles "Eazy", "There They Go", "Palm Trees and "They Don't" which features T.I have all (except the latter) been treated to world-class visuals from the artist who's on the verge of international dominance.
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