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I’m partly Nigerian – US rapper, Swae Lee reveals.
Swae Lee, an American rap singer, sparked reactions when he revealed that he is partly Nigerian.
Rae Sremmurd, one-half of the rap group Rae Sremmurd, revealed this while explaining why he added the Nigerian flag to a tweet proclaiming his intention to join the Amapiano wave, a South African genre.
Swae Lee took to Twitter on Tuesday to let fans of his intention to perform with the popular sound, but he included a Nigerian flag emoji, which irritated South Africans.
“Wait till y’all hear Swae Lee on Amapiano,” the Hip Hop star wrote.
Wait till y’all hear Swae Lee on Amapiano 🇳🇬
— Swae Lee Lee Swae (@SwaeLee) July 11, 2023
Evidently triggered by his tweet, South Africans trooped to his comment section to accuse Swae Lee of discrediting their country, where Amapiano originated from by wrongly crediting it to Nigeria.
Swae quickly responded, though, to clarify that his post had been misinterpreted. He clarified that the flag was only there since he is a mixed-race Nigerian.
He 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.”
“Woooooah I never said anything about who was the first guys I just said wait until y’all hear my amapiano songs 🧐 y’all reached for that one”
For the ones outraged about the flag I put it because I’m part Nigerian I didn’t say anything about the creation of the genre y’all tweaking
— Swae Lee Lee Swae (@SwaeLee) July 12, 2023
The ‘Sunflower’ crooner added: “Bigs up to the South Africans for creating this beautiful sh*t.”