Fassie's rap diss is 'more miss than hit'

05 August 2015 - 02:02 By Gabi Mbele

Local rappers have given Bongani Fassie the middle finger after he dissed many of them in his comeback track. After a two-year hiatus, the 30-year-old musician on Monday released his song Stretcher, in which he trashes a long string of rappers - including AKA, Cassper Nyovest, AB Crazy, Maggz, Siya Slikour Metane, Thato L-Tido Madonsela, Ntokozo KO Mdluli and Thabo JR Bogopa.Bogopa said he hadn't heard the song in which Fassie raps "ungang'tsheli ngabo JR doti toti just rubbish (don't tell me about JR rubbish)".Said Bogopa: "I don't want to give this guy something to talk about. I don't want to make him relevant actually."Fassie last performed in March 2013 alongside a hologram of his late mother, Brenda Fassie, at a Hansa Legends concert in Johannesburg.In the song, Fassie calls Maggz a style thief, says AKA and KO aren't worth an applaud, and L-Tido is "making a noise".SAMA award-winning rapper Mdluli said: "It's one of those situations when someone doesn't have anything going for himself and wants to use some sort of bait, like using other people's names, to try to create some attraction for [himself]."It's really sad to see him punishing his surname like that but if anything I wish him the best of luck," said KO.Metane said: "I think he's an amazing producer."I think if he could use that energy to get himself out there he would be the modern day [version] of what his mother was."Fassie told The Times he was "happy" and had been in the studio "while everybody was out there in the club getting money, flashing and doing the Instagram and Twitter thing"."This is nothing personal, it's business. Who cares what they feel? Who asked them?"People can keep on thinking what they want to think, I'm going to make music."The torch was passed on from my late mother and I'm going to pass it on to whoever I will be writing with."Unknown rappers Pusher Beats and Shae Mix accompany Fassie on the track...

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