Khanyi Mbau's Metro FM Freestyle Leaves Mzansi Cringing: 'Looks So Childish'
- Khanyi Mbau dropped a freestyle rap on Metro FM's The Touch Down segment in September 2026
- The actress and TV personality's bars left listeners divided, with many saying she swallowed her words
- Social media exploded with reactions ranging from brutal roasts to defenders saying she was just having fun
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Khanyi Mbau stepped into unfamiliar territory during a live radio segment, and Mzansi had a lot to say about it. The actress and TV personality laid down a freestyle rap on Metro FM's The Touch Down in September 2026, and the clip has since sent the internet into a frenzy for all the wrong reasons.
Recorded in a Metro FM radio studio, the vertical multi-camera video shows Mbau going bar-for-bar with visible energy and enthusiasm. Lines like "I'm still the same Kanye that you love to hate" and "Made it from the bottom to the top, now that's real" formed the backbone of her rap, which she delivered with gusto while the beat played in the background.
Watch Khanyi Mbau's Metro FM freestyle that has Mzansi talking and judge for yourself.
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Mzansi's verdict on Khanyi's bars
The clip spread quickly on X, with opinions split sharply between those who found it painfully awkward and the few who chose to give her grace.
@HadimaLaBaloyi offered a technical take:
"Rapping starts with being able to enunciate properly; she kept swallowing her words. Mind you, these things are usually done in multiple takes."
@AlzaLucienZAR had a blunter assessment:
"Was she listening to the beat cause them bars are going the other way."
@TommyEganWaZA wrote:
"She must shut up and enjoy old age. We don't need this EMBARRASSMENT. We're dealing with a lot as a country, please!!"
@wudanese10 made it a broader cultural point:
"Hip Hop is not African at all ey...look at how it looks on our elders. Looks so childish and cringe."
@DryerThief kept it short:
"Which game is she referring to?"
Not everyone was ready to throw stones, though. @KweenBarbie_SA pushed back on the pile-on:
"People in the comment section hating as if Khanyi is an actual rapper, when she was just having Fun. Smh, y'all want everyone to just be boring."
@TmadTi added:
"For a slay queen 👸 this is fire.Better than Cassper's."
Whether Mbau was simply having a good time or genuinely trying to make a statement in hip-hop, the clip has done what most viral moments do best: get people talking. Khanyi Mbau has never been a rapper by trade, but that hasn't stopped Mzansi from holding her to the standard of one.
Khanyi on taking various roles
In a previous report Briefly News, Khanyi Mbau opened up about how raising her 20-year-old daughter, Khanukani, reshaped her outlook on life and her career.
A scene from The Wife that her daughter watched became a turning point in how Khanyi approaches her work.
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