Mzansi was there for the drama with these 3 celebrity beefs

SHINGAI DARANGWA

Listing just three of the best was no mean task, but somebody’s gotta do it, right?

2022 has been a year filled with celebrity feuds. The music industry in particular has sprung up beefs left and right and centre.

With the likes of Slik Talk, Ntsiki Mazwai and MacG always eager to stoke the fire, we’ve been witness to some pretty nasty stuff as well as some petty quarrels online.

Listing just three of the best was no mean task, but somebody’s gotta do it, right?

DJ Maphorisa vs Davido

Amapiano pioneer DJ Maphorisa is never too far from the eye of the storm. Despite a hugely successful career, he seems drawn to controversy and can never seem to contain himself when the itch to stir some s*** starts gnawing at him.

Early in the year, it was Mlindo The Vocalist who bore the brunt of his “Twitter fingers” when Maphorisa called out his former protégé for being disloyal.

Then, a few months after, it was all the major record labels who were under attack from the veteran producer and DJ for, as he put it, slowing down amapiano. Most recently, Maphorisa and Nigerian Afrobeats star Davido had a tiff on Twitter after Maphorisa refuted a post that said Davido had popularised amapiano on the continent and beyond.

Davido didn’t take kindly to this, accusing Maphorisa of never liking him and having a personal gripe with him.

For once though Maphorisa was not the aggressor and, to his credit, he did later try and mediate the situation online.

Cassper Nyovest vs Priddy Ugly

After several torturous years in the shadows of amapiano, South African hip hop appears to be in the midst of a renaissance of sorts.

The two biggest songs in the country right now on YouTube and various other digital platforms are “Sete” and “Lemons (Lemonade)”, by two local hip hop icons K.O and AKA, respectively.

In the midst of this, there’s been the spectacle of the Cassper Nyovest versus Priddy Ugly celebrity exhibition boxing match that took place on October 1 at Pretoria’s Sun Arena.

For the past few months, the two rappers traded blows on social ahead of the big fight.

Against the backdrop of this hype, several diss tracks were released by the likes of K.O, Nyovest, Big Zulu and Duncan, which has only added fuel to the fire.

Next up, Nyovest says he’ll try and take on Big Zulu.

And after knocking out Priddy Ugly in the first round of their clash, he appears to have the necessary confidence.

Priddy Ugly and Cassper Nyovest. Picture: Instagram

Ntsiki Mazwai vs everyone

Ntsiki Mazwai doesn’t like peace. The self-proclaimed poet and activist has proven this once again as she continues her 2020 roll, weighing in and taking shots at whoever she fancies.

So where do we start? Perhaps a good place would be with Mazwai taking a dig at Kelly Rowland during her visit to the country earlier in the year.

In defending Anele, who was being dragged for previously insulting Rowland, Mazwai said, “Anele is the highest-paid radio presenter in the country, Kelly was basically Beyoncé’s back-up singer. Azilingani. But because you grovel to Americans you will get angry.”

Then she beefed with MacGs entire fanbase, the Chillers, after she called them “bimbos”.

On this occasion though, the backlash was so extreme that she apologised. What a rare sight that was.

There’s more, of course, but we’ll just leave it there.

Ntsiki Mazwai. Picture: Instagram

DJ Maphorisa and Davido. Picture: Instagram