Fans in a froth after DJ slaps rapper’s manager
RAPPER AKA and DJ Black Coffee have fans split over who to side with, after a violent exchange between the DJ and the rapper’s manager.
Yesterday saw a back and forth of veiled tweets between the two camps where they both threatened to finish what was started by Black Coffee in Polokwane on Saturday. night.
The scuffle between the camps allegedly began when AKA was late for his set at DStv’s iRock festival and tried to go on during the time that was scheduled for the DJ’s set.
A video shows Black Coffee angrily waving his finger at someone before AKA’s manager Tshiamo Letshwene arrived to speak to him.
The short interaction was followed by a swift slap from Black Coffee.
Yesterday, Letshwene claimed that all he had said to the DJ was that they had set up according to the stage manager’s request.
“We communicate with the promoters, not artists who bully us to get off stage when the stage manager said we should set up,” he said.
AKA didn’t take the slap lying down. In another video taken that night, the rapper is shown flailing around in his white outfit trying to fight his way to Black Coffee. He was pulled away by bystanders.
Yesterday featured a war of words, with AKA ranting in a series of tweets. He said: “The media likes to portray me as an aggressive person… Please explain to me what part of Black Coffee smacking my road manager is okay.”
He added: “To everyone who came to see me perform, ASK DSTV I ROCK & Black Coffee FOR YOUR MONEY BACK. Right now.”
Black Coffee was billed to perform at Kong in Rosebank, Joburg, last night, and AKA declared that he would be there.