Maphorisa Responds To Davido Saying He Doesn’t Like Him. Themba Sonny boy Sekowe (born November 15, 1987), known professionally as DJ Maphorisa (or rather Lawd Phori), is a South African record producer, DJ and vocalist. As a record producer with a blend of house music, amapiano and afropop, he has worked with and has received production credits from several notable artists, including Wizkid, Sizwe Alakine, Kwesta, Uhuru, Drake, Black Coffee, Major Lazer, Runtown, C4 Pedro, TRESOR, Kabza De Small and Era Istrefi.
Top Nigerian artiste, Davido has called out DJ Maphorisa over his tweet that ascribed Amapiano’s success in Africa to Wizkid and Burna Boy.The face-off began when a Twitter user who seemed a Davido fan tweeted that Davido brought Amapiano to Nigeria and made the genre popular after his getting on Focalistic’s ‘K-Star’ remix.
The tweet also affirmed that Wizkid latest’s single ‘Bad For Me’ was a desperate attempt to glean a hit after Davido purported importation of the South African genre.Davido sent a reply to the DJ, tweeting, “You’ve never liked me y? I’ve always been good to you. Anyways! AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY NOW!!! Chu chu chu chu chu.”
Maphorisa replied to Davido’s tweet claiming he doesn’t like him. He cleared that what he thinks of him is not true, and that he was only clearing who popularised amapiano. “I’m not fighting with you at all, my brother. I’m just adding to the amapiano story, because it’s a BIG story with many players. Also this is a historical moment for SA. We’ve never had a genre blow like this. ALL LOVE ONE AFRICA 🙏🏾❤️ Respect u big time u did a lot 4 the Culture.”
The tweet elicited many reactions as Twitter users, with Wizkid and Davido fans going head to head about the historical background of the genre as regards the two artistes.Meanwhile, Adewale Adeleke, Davido’s brother has also joined forces to call out DJ Maphorisa, tweeting via his Twitter account that despite his brother’s efforts at putting “on a countless number of artists & producers”, some of them choose to disrespect him.
