1060 Hip Hop Uncut

Cassper Nyovest, also known as Refiloe Maele Phoolo, is a South African rapper, songwriter, and entrepreneur. He is one of the most successful musicians in South Africa, with numerous awards and critically acclaimed albums under his belt. However, there is a growing sentiment in the South African music community that Cassper Nyovest is a culture vulture, someone who appropriates elements of different cultures for his own gain without proper understanding or respect for their origins. One of the most common criticisms of Cassper Nyovest's alleged cultural appropriation is his use of traditional African attire and symbolism in his music videos and performances. Many South Africans argue that he is exploiting these elements without paying proper homage to the cultures they come from. In addition, many feel that he only uses these elements when it suits him financially or artistically, without actually caring about the cultures behind them. For example, in his m

Finally when Nyovest steam blew over, He was desperately trying to shed his image and preserve the momentum so he ran to Amapiano to suck the newly found genre dry too. We are not jabbing at Cass or something like that at all. It's just that it is purely annoying but to Cassper Nyovest these corny capitalism tendencies are paying off and keeping him on top of charts. It is no surprise that other fellow Mzansi hip hop artists are following this corny trend and embracing it. Last year the Pretoria based rapper Areece took to Twitter without name dropping anyone and said "They don't see Hip Hop as a culture they see it as a commodity" Of course Cassper Nyovest did not take that very well and he tweeted "Le tla shwa ka tlala for the culture. No zo lamba boy!!! Hehehe!!!". But Areece is still getting his fair piece of the pie while topping charts and scooping awards and not forgetting the Blackballing by certain industry gatekeepers. And o