Swae Lee in a now-viral post, also applauded South Africans for creating a genre of music called ‘Amapiano’
By Kehinde Okeowo
American rapper and songwriter, Khalif Malik Ibn Shaman Brown, better known as Swae Lee has taken to social media to reveal that he is partly Nigerian.
The singer, who is one half of the hip hop duo, Rae Sremmurd, made the disclosure while justifying his decision to add the Nigerian flag to an online post where he announced his desire to jump on South African genre, Amapiano wave.
Taking to his Twitter handle, Swae Lee said he would be trying out the trending music genre, Amapiano, but added a Nigerian flag to the now-viral post.
“Wait till y’all hear Swae Lee on Amapiano,” he tweeted with a Nigerian flag emoji.
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After his post surfaced online, it did not sit down well with South Africans, who trooped to his comment section to accuse him of wrongly crediting Nigeria as the origin of Amapiano.
Responding to the accusation, Swae Lee in follow-up tweets clarified his initial post, saying he added the Nigerian flag because he has Nigerian roots.
He also explained that his intention was not to give the impression that the genre originated from the West African country but identify with where he originated from.
Swae Lee wrote, “For the ones outraged about the flag, I put it because I’m partly Nigerian. I didn’t say anything about the creation of the genre y’all tweaking.”
He went on to applaud the South Africans for creating such a fantastic genre of music.
“Bigs up to the South Africans for creating this beautiful sh*t,” he added
