AKA and A-Reece’s fanbases (The Megacy and The Slimes, respectively) got into an online debate about A-Reece being excluded from AKA’s final album Mass Country.
In February, SA Hip Hop Mag reported that fans blamed A-Reece for acting like a “superstar” after claiming that he delayed his verse for a song with the late rapper. These claims were squashed by producer and DJ Malefactor. The deejay stated that the finished product was received on the day of AKA’s passing, and that the late rapper did not spend much time talking about the verse. Hence, it was not added to the album.
On 31 July, Tkay provided proof of A-Reece’s verse, also showing that the verse was meant for the song Sponono which features Sjava. “I know The Boy ain’t never gonna talk about it…. And nobody from AKA’s camp reached out for the stems.. check the date.”
I know The Boy ain’t never gonna talk about it…. And nobody from AKA’s champ reached out for the stems.. check the date pic.twitter.com/WMFoQLHsw3
— 10Staxx/Starboy (@Tkay_10staxx) July 31, 2023
Despite the reasons stated above, one of A-Reece’s fans took to Twitter to share their opinion on A-Reece’s exclusion as well as the album itself. They wrote, “imagine saying A-Reece had a whack verse when the album was full [of] whack verses from the guy who made it himself.”
Imagine saying A-Reece had a wack verse when the album was full wack verses from the guy who made it himself?
— Ec$tatic (@Ecstaticbeatz) July 31, 2023
This tweet did not sit well with The Megacy, who then shared their own opinions about A-Reece.
“Don’t disrespect Supermega bruh! Mega is bigger than Reece,” said one fan defending AKA.
Don’t disrespect supermega bruh ! Mega is bigger than Reece https://t.co/QRzlGOzBMY
— TAYLOR _CRUZEE (@TaylorCruzee) July 31, 2023
Referring to A-Reece’s time with record label Ambitiouz Entertainment, another AKA fan said, “Last time you had a hit was during ambitious Era.”
Last time you had a hit was during ambitious Era???
— Mr Bragging Rights (@Brianworldwide2) July 31, 2023
The Slimes came to A-Reece’s defence too.
Niggas acting like ‘meanwhile in honeydew’ and ‘holding hands’ and ‘for my sanity’ don’t exist?
— A-Reece Universe (@ReeceUniverse) July 31, 2023
people don’t wanna accept that aka’s album only did well because of sympathy streams
— keamogetswe (@888baby_) July 31, 2023
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