Who is SA’s ‘worst’ rapper? Viral list sparks heated hip-hop debate

'I sacrificed and contributed a lot to SA hip-hop': Veteran rapper Ma-E was unimpressed after being named one of SA's 'worst' rappers.

Sep 5, 2022 - 22:36
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Who is SA’s ‘worst’ rapper? Viral list sparks heated hip-hop debate

On Thursday 1 September, local podcast Everything SA Music caused quite a stir on Twitter after releasing their list of the Top 20 “Worst” rappers in South Africa. SA hip-hop fans weighed in on the list questioning why rappers like Cassper Nyovest weren’t mentioned. Veteran rapper Ma-E, who placed 14th on the list, was not pleased to see his name being mentioned. 

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ARE THESE THE TOP 20 WORST RAPPERS IN SA? 

Taking to Twitter on 1 September, the Everything SA Music podcast named their pick of the top 20 “worst” rappers in Mzansi. L-Tido, iFani, Sean Pages, Reason aka Sizwe Alakaine and Nomuzi Mabena, all took the first five places. 

The likes of Boity, Stilo Magolide, Nadia Nakai, Gigi Lamayne, Ex Global, Aewon Wolf and Da L.E.S were all mentioned on the list, but some tweeps called for Cassper Nyovest’s name to be added. 

“Respect Reason! Y’all forgot Cassper,” wrote one tweep. 

“Wtf who made this list? L-Tido is not wack. Cassper Nyovest is wack,” wrote another tweep. 

MA-E RESPONDS TO WORST RAPPER LIST 

Responding to the viral worst rapper list, rapper Ma-E was not impressed about landing a spot on the list. The Ugogo hitmaker reflected on the impact he has on SA hip-hop. 

“The funny thing is y’all thinking this SA Hip-hop would have existed without Ma-E and Ntukza being part of the 1st generation that made this genre fashionable EMAKASI!” wrote Ma-E. 

“They don’t call me Ma-Ezee does it for nothing…” 

In another tweet, Ma-E wrote: “I sacrificed and contributed a lot to SA HIP-HOP to be disrespected by abafana abachel’ ingubo.”

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TWEEPS WEIGH IN 

Weighing in on the viral worst rappers list, tweeps had their own ideas about which rappers should’ve made the list and who shouldn’t be on the list. 

“Not Boity. Her last album was good. That song featuring Maglera was a banger,” wrote one tweep. 

“Nah. What an inaccurate list. Gigi is here? Boity makes the same type of songs Cassper made but he’s not on the list,” wrote another tweep. 

“Zulu Boy and Reason don’t belong on this list.”

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