Cassper Nyovest has lent his voice to a debate that has been all over social media in recent times: why we praise Americans but shade South Africans for similar achievements.
It began a few days prior when Lerato Kganyago took to Twitter to address the #OpenUpTheIndustry trend. Many South Africans believe that opportunities in entertainment are being offered to the same pool of celebrities and for the last few years, the agenda to see diversity in the industry has been pushed online.
LKG played devil’s advocate and noticed that we never do this to American celebrities
https://twitter.com/leratokganyago/status/1089636046722269184
This opened up a massive debate about the levels of talent that our celebrities possess and whether or not they should be holding down so many gigs. One tweep decided to echo Lerato’s sentiments with a different twist; this fan made it specifically about Cassper and revealed how fans shade him while supporting American acts for similar
https://twitter.com/siphosami_sa/status/1088350349956665344
You starting trouble!!!! True!!! But it’s trouble… Here’s the thing with my people, we want to hear about success but we don’t want to hear about our neighbors success because it makes us feel inferior and incompetent. If it’s in America it’s fine because it’s far, not here.🤷🏿♂️ https://t.co/ShBuR39yj6
— Don Billiato (@casspernyovest) January 26, 2019
What do you think of this debate, does Cassper have a point? Or is there really a difference in the level of talent possessed by overseas artists?
Or do we (including Cassper, by the way!) just put America on too high of a pedestal?
https://twitter.com/Zweli_Thixo/status/1050762393968668678
Source: Zalebs
