Accusations and disses: Ntsiki Mazwai and DJ Shimza argue online

by Staff Bona

While Tyla’s Grammy win is a win for South Africa too, poet Ntsiki Mazwai had other thoughts on how the singer received her win which ultimately resulted in a war of words between herself and producer DJ Shimza.

The outspoken Ntsiki suggested on X (formerly known as Twitter) that Tyla is an industry plant (an artist who presents themselves as independent, however, behind the scenes, they have financial support from corporations, explains music publication Loud and Quiet).

“I’m worried ukuthi what is the West up to? This is a lot of SA PR [public relations] and we love Tyla, but Katt Williams was right, some are plants.”

In response to Ntsiki’s comment, DJ Shimza posted the following:

This then led to a back-and-forth between the two personalities, with Ntsiki accusing DJ Shimza of being funded by the African National Congress (ANC), not having any hit songs and sleeping his way to the top.

See some of the exchanges below.

Also see: ‘Some people are industry plants’- Ntiski Mazwai on Tyla’s Grammy win