{"id":228189,"date":"2021-04-22T15:18:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T14:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/?p=228189"},"modified":"2021-04-22T15:23:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T14:23:55","slug":"10-most-dramatic-celebrity-social-media-feuds-that-has-wowed-south-africa-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/10-most-dramatic-celebrity-social-media-feuds-that-has-wowed-south-africa-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Most Dramatic Celebrity Social Media Feuds That Has Wowed South Africa So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celebrity feuds have become part of the entertainment industry and the South African entertainment industry is not left out. One way or the other, fans tend to ignite these celebrity social media feuds – intentionally or unintentionally – through debates on whose favorite celebrity is better at one thing or the other. From what we have seen in the South African entertainment space, social media celebrity feuds can also be caused by simple emojis.<\/p>\n

This article tries to pick out 10 of the most controversial and dramatic celebrity feuds that have rocked the South African performing arts industry. From the longstanding beef between rappers AKA and Cassper Nyovest to the legendary Twitter war between South African politician, Fikile Mbalula and singer Ntsiki Mazwai, here are some of the spiciest celebrity feuds that have been served on the streets of social media.<\/p>\n

1. Cassper Nyovest and AKA – 2014 to Date<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Celebrity Social Media Feuds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There is no better place to start off this article than with the age-long feud between South Africa’s most popular rappers, Cassper Nyovest and AKA<\/a>. This feud has survived several attempts to bury it once and for all. Each time it seems the celebrity feud has cooled a bit, all it needs to be resurrected again is a tweet, a song, a comment, or even a fruit – yes, a fruit emoji. The feud, which started in 2014 began on Twitter.<\/p>\n

In April 2014, Cassper Nyovest<\/a> put out a tweet that claimed that his new single at the time, Doc Shebeleza,\u00a0<\/em>was the number one hip-hop track in the country and this did not go down well with AKA, whose new hit Congratulate,<\/em> was also making waves the same period and was ranked at number one on South Africa’s iTunes charts.<\/p>\n

It is important to note that both rappers were friends at this point, however, AKA<\/a> did not resist the temptation of throwing a shade at Nyovest for his claim. He took to Twitter to post a jab aimed at the Nokuthula<\/em> hitmaker – even though he did not mention his name. The now-deleted tweet read:<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a rapper running around saying he got the biggest song in the country \u2026 I challenge you to find his song in the iTunes Top 100.<\/div><\/div>\n

This exchange began the AKA vs. Cassper Nyovest feud that has now taken several shades over the years. In August 2015, Nyovest alleged that AKA had assaulted him which led to the infamous release of diss tracks directed at each other by both rappers. AKA, in his 2015 hit track, Composure,\u00a0<\/em>called out Cassper Nyovest<\/a> with several punch lines and as expected, Cassper responded with a diss song<\/a> of his own, Dust to Dust.<\/em><\/p>\n

Everything seemed to be okay in 2016 when the two rappers shared a hug at Nyovest’s Fill Up Orlando Stadium<\/em> concert with AKA also congratulating him for the success of the show, however, that turned out to be a whitewash. While Cassper was preparing for his 2017 concert – Fill Up FNB Stadium – he was very public about his financial constraints. This made it rather insensitive that AKA would come on social media to offer to feature in the concert for R1 million. An obviously angry Cassper Nyovest responded with a ‘thanks but no thanks’ reply, asking AKA to just buy tickets for the show instead.<\/p>\n

Things further degenerated between the two and in June 2018 when they were close to getting physical with each other at one of AKA’s parties which made the Good For That<\/em> hitmaker declare that they would never reconcile.<\/p>\n

On April 9, 2019, while American hip-hop star, P. Diddy, tweeted a gif of his dancing self with watermelon emojis as a caption from the comfort of his bed in the US (or wherever he was), the tweet resuscitated the feud between Cassper Nyovest and AKA a million miles away in South Africa. The hip-hop legend was trying to promote a new blend<\/a> of Ciroc vodka – Ciroc Summer Watermelon – through his tweet.<\/p>\n

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— Diddy (@Diddy) April 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n