Lady Du Claps Back at Insensitive Trolls Accusing Her of Announcing Celeb Deaths Prematurely: “Y’all Are Sick”
- Popular Amapiano songstress Lady Du found herself topping Twitter trends following another celebrity death
- The singer was blasted by Mzansi social media users for announcing celebrities' deaths before an official confirmation from families
- Taking to Twitter, Lady Du fired back at the trolls who were calling her out for posting about DJ Dimplez's death
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Lady Du was dragged by social media users for posting about celebrities' deaths before an official statement from the family or a family spokesperson.
The Dakiwe hitmaker trended on social media as peeps took an aim at her for rushing to post unconfirmed news.
TimesLive reports that the singer was dragged for posting a condolence message for DJ Dimplez before the Mooi family confirmed that indeed he had passed away. The publication further reports that DJ Dimplez's family later confirmed his death.
"It is with deep sadness that the Mooi family announces the untimely passing of Boitumelo Athiel Mooi, popularly known as DJ Dimplez."
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Lady Du later took to her Twitter page to call out the trolls. She said those who were trolling her were sick. She wrote:
"Y’all are sick, I tell you, sick!"
Lady Du's tweet did not deter the social media users. Many came for her with more hilarious memes that left Mzansi in stitches.
@TumiDaKing wrote:
"When you see “haaai mahn” from Lady Du... Don't ask anything, just send in your condolences"
@Rori_DeepSoul said:
"If you die, Lady Du and Robot Boi must have a story ka wena, if they don’t, you didn’t live enough."
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Source: Briefly News