Blxckie on AKA’s sense of patriotism
-2HA11(S%85* - ,f the late AKA had a political party, fellow would probably giYe his Yote to him for this year¶s elections.
7his after %l[ckie told 7he &itizen that he took a leaf out of AKA¶s book with regards to performing with the South African flag while on tour in the 8S.
³'efinitely took inspiration from AKA as ,¶d had conYersations with him too where he e[plained the importance of eYen Must owning a flag alone,” aYerred the rapper whose real name is Sihle Sithole. He spoke to 7he &itizen mid-tour while in the 8S.
7he tour is in support of %as¶s fourth studio album, :e 2nly 7alk About 5eal S t :hen :e¶re ) d 8p, which %l[ckie features on in a track titled 8-7urn. 7he album was released in late . ,n an interYiew with Skwatta Kamp member Siyabonga µSlikour¶ 0etane around AKA e[plained his reasons for the flag¶s mainstay in his performances.
³,f ,¶m performing in the 1orth 3ole or if ,¶m performing in %razil, ,¶ll keep it there. , actually picked that up from Americans, if you¶re in the States there are (sic) American flags eYerywhere. 7hey¶Ye turned it into like a style for a t-shirt, they¶Ye turned their flag into like a colourway, why shouldn¶t we do that?”