DJ Maphorisa Weighs In on Nigerian DJs Playing Amapiano, SA Agrees: “They Don’t Know Fruity Loops”
- DJ Maphorisa weighed in on Nigerian DJs and how they play Amapiano songs
- The DJ/producer addressed how Naija disk jockeys tend to increase the tempo when playing Amapiano and asked them to slow it down
- Briefly News spoke with several DJs and an artist manager about the debate
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DJ Maphorisa decided to spark a conversation about Nigerian DJs and their tendency to speed up Amapiano songs. The Twerka hitmaker pleaded with the disk jockeys to lower the songs' tempos, saying speeding the songs up is unnecessary.
DJ Maphorisa trolls Nigerian DJs
Another day, another controversial take from DJ Maphorisa. Previously, he sparked outrage after claiming other artists' music rights for using his studio, to which he was called out by Prince Kaybee.
Today, the Soweto Baby hitmaker dragged Nigerian DJs for speeding up Amapiano songs.
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In a video shared by Twitter (X) user MDN News, Porry pleaded with Naija disk jockeys to lower the tempo to at least 115 BPM, saying they needed to play songs a little softer:
"Please play Piano softer with the tempo, please take it down a little bit; 113, 114, 115 max, that's fast for us. You can't be playing Amapiano with 120 BPM. Please, Nigeria DJs, play Amapiano softer and lower the tempo."
Speaking to Briefly News, DJ I$I and MC Elpatron Gish revealed that speeding Amapiano gave life to the songs and the environment:
"It's to give the track more energy because when it's faster, it has more power. If you play the original BPM, it won't provide energy to the club, so we use a higher BPM."
MC Elpatron Gish said:
"It originated with Techno music. If you put Amapiano on 118 BPM, you're guaranteed to kill the show. It's just for the vibe so that people can dance.
South African artist manager, Papi Decks added to the statements:
"Their rhythm is not like ours; their music is very fast because they're used to that specific tempo and rhythm; they can't tone it down for Amapiano. What they do in the clubs is increase the BPM; they'd never enjoy a Kabza De Small song properly if it's played in the original tempo."
Mzansi weighs in on DJ Maphorisa's rant
Netizens are hysterical over Maphorisa's video and couldn't agree with him more:
Okuhle_CFM said:
"They're going to hate him after today, and that time he's not lying. Amapiano from Nigeria is not pianoing."
outofcontextwr claimed:
"They put the tempo on 140 while on Amapiano it's 112."
thembatutu trolled Nigerian DJs:
"Did he just confuse people who don't know Fruity Loops?"
CoastP6339 wrote:
"Everything from that country is messed up."
Wiz Khalifa jams to DJ Maphorisa song
In more music updates, Briefly News shared online reactions to Wiz Khalifa jamming to one of DJ Maphorisa and Tyler ICU's hit songs.
This was not the first time Wiz vibed to a local track, and Mzansi showed love to the Black and Yellow rapper, even inviting him to South Ah.
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