Cassper: I'm tired of hearing bullsh*t about SA people I looked up to

Cassper Nyovest is gatvol of his idols always being criticised and has called on South Africans to start supporting each other.

Taking to a Facebook Live chat earlier this week, Cassper spoke about his admiration for popular radio personality and businessman DJ Sbu and said he was tired of "hearing bullsh*t" about him.

"I look up to DJ Sbu. He is my role model. That guy has done so many things that inspired me as a kid from the hood, that had nothing. The reason why I have my own record label is because DJ Sbu had his own record label... they sold so many gold albums. I thought about it. I was in the hood.'I can do it'. Today I have my own record label. I am my own boss," he said.

"The way we drag each other down as South Africans. As black kids we need to be holding and motivating each other. We could do so many other things," he added.

Celebrating a BET win with Black Coffee

Fast forward several years and Cassper has found motivation in the example of Black Coffee.

Cassper said he joined Black Coffee on stage at the BET Awards over the weekend because, for him, the DJ's win was a win for the whole of South Africa.

"When Black Coffee won that BET Award I stood up because I was filled with joy. I said 'One of my own has won a BET Award. For the first time a South African has won a BET Award'. And I was there to witness it. I was happy and I stood up and clapped for him... For me, it was 'South Africa took it home'. That's my home. We won it. Black Coffee didn't win alone, we won as South Africans. It's our award," he said.

Cassper added that he doesn't care what people say about him because he is "an inspiration" to his hood.

"People know that I come from nothing and today I'm something. Not only am I something, I'm the best at what I do. I'm the biggest at what I do, bro," he said.

And, perhaps in a thinly-veiled shot at rival AKA, Cassper said he was not shy to celebrate other people's achievements

"Somebody like me doesn't hate the next guy because the next guys success is not my failure. I'm not offended by someone else's success. It inspires me... that's what you should be getting from other people's success. Don't be that guy always hating on people," he said.