Singer refutes claims he did not put Amapiano on the global stage, as he carpets Maphorisa
Newsonline reports that, Nigerian singer and Amapiano killer, Davido has reacted to a tweet by one South African DJ, Maphorisa who replied a tweet made by a Davido fan claiming the singer brought the now popular Amapiano sound into global recognition.
The drama started after a Davido fan tweeted that, Davido put Amapiano sound on the global stage and further claimed Wizkid is now only just jumping on the sound after it has come to limelight.
Davido brought Amapiano from South Africa two years ago and made it a successful genre in Africa and Beyond, Wizkid is now hopping on the same genre after davido made it a successful genre.
This is how many African artists have been benefiting from Davido’s success for over 12yrs— ⚡️ (@LadyRoza_001) September 13, 2022
Maphorisa then replied to the tweet claiming Wizkid and Burna boy were the first to actually jump on the song when South African singer and producer Kabza the Smalls put them both on a song reportedly titled “Sponono”. And further said the primary tweep should do more research before spewing out tweets of such nature.
Kabza & Maphorisa was the first to put Wizkid n Burnaboy on a amapiano song Sponono dat was a historical moment 3 years ago, research before tweet
also it was the first time Wiz n Burna jumped on a same song together
let it sink in ❤️ https://t.co/AHkxFmH3Lk
— Madumane (@DjMaphorisa) September 14, 2022
He proceeded to say, that was the first time Wizkid and Burna Boy jumped on a song together.
This claims generated a lot of arguement on twitter with many referencing Focalistic’s “Ke Star” remix with Davido has the highlight of Amapiano’s global dominance.
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Davido then came online to reply to the tweet by Maphorisa stating the DJ has never liked him and that he has always been good to him. He then quoted a lyrics “Awayyyyyyyyy now” from his second joint effort with Focalistic on their year end party jam “Champion sound”.
You’ve never liked me y ? I’ve always been good to you …. Anyways ! AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY NOW!!!!!! Chu chu chu chu chu https://t.co/0Gi2l0HVEp
— Davido (@davido) September 14, 2022
