Fans crash AKA’s site trying to get his new song

22 April 2016 - 13:26 By Kyle Zeeman

Rapper AKA shut down the internet on Friday when a link to his latest song crashed the website it was being hosted on. The Levels rapper has been teasing a new single with young artist Yanga all week. So‚ when the track‚ entitled Dreamworks‚ was finally released to the public on Friday it blazed all the way to the top of the Twitter trends list and had fans scurrying to find a copy of the song.Besides posting links to the song on both iTunes and streaming site Deezer‚ AKA directed fans to an animated website dedicated to the single. Unfortunately‚ there were so many visitors to the site that it soon crashed. I want to listen to #DreamWork but you guys crashed the site, give other kids (me) a chance please! — Khethiwe (@Khethi_Khendla) April 22, 2016async Unfortunately you guys have crashed https://t.co/eDrslkbicU ... C'mon, it's 07:04 ... #Dreamwork ... We'll be back up again soon. — AKA (@akaworldwide) April 22, 2016async Technicians quickly moved to work on the problem and the site was back up within the hour. https://t.co/oqWd0aEOgU back up and running ... For how long? Your guess is as good as mine. #Dreamwork ™ — AKA (@akaworldwide) April 22, 2016async Technical hiccups aside‚ the track continued to go viral and soon charted at number one on the SA iTunes hip-hop singles chart.If you were one of those who fans who didn’t get a chance to access the site earlier‚ here’s the official animated video for you to watch. Happy Friday!..

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