Nkonkonsa Celebrity Gossip From Africa
Famous singer and serial entrepreneur, Mr. Eazi has recalled falling prey to cancel culture following his claim that Nigerian music was influenced by Ghanaian music.
When Mr. Eazi tweeted in 2017 that Ghanaian music was more influential than Nigerian music at the time, he received a lot of negative feedback. Fans, coworkers, and music enthusiasts even threatened to cancel him.
Despite the threats, Mr. Eazi said he didn’t regret making his statement.
But instead of criticizing him in private, he bemoaned the fact that some of the people in the industry he believed to be his friends joined others in cancelling him.
In addition, the ‘Leg Over’ singer chastised individuals who are still “hating” him, claiming that his remarks weren’t particularly “deep” and that their hatred was based on other things.
Mr. Eazi said, “When the whole issue with me being canceled, even till tomorrow, I see people come on my [social media] profile and still throw hate. They said, ‘Oh, yeah, you said that.’ I’m like, ‘Fam, really? This energy take it to your local politician wey dey run you street.’ You feel me? I didn’t kill anybody. I said what I said.
“And I said it many years ago. If that is the reason you hate, then you hate me for something else. It’s deeper than that. And realising that just make me feel free. That’s the lens to which I look at everything. Because I was seeing guys I was saying ‘Hello’ to, coming out to say, ‘F*ck Mr Eazi.’ And I was like, ‘Bro, you could have called me and say Eazi, I just saw this interview, you shouldn’t have said that. This is what I advise you to do.’ But it just became a thing of let’s all band together. And that’s why in my song ‘We Dey’, I said, ‘Twitter fingers steady showing fake love.’ Because it’s crowd mentality. It’s trendy to hate you, and now it’s like for clicks.
“There are people making art and nobody is caring about their life whether they jump or sit. It’s like they are invisible. Love and hate is the acknowledgment of your existence, I’m even blessed to be able to invoke something.”
He expressed disappointment in those who, instead of offering private advice, joined the cancel culture against him.
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