Ntsikinator riles Dana

04 February 2016 - 02:44 By Leonie Wagner

Is Ntsiki Mazwai South Africa's Azealia Banks?The local poet and musician, known for her razor-sharp tweets, could easily be compared to the controversial American rapper.Banks, whose verbal dexterity is at times self-destructive, has often been accused of rebelling too hard. Locally, the same could be said of Mazwai, whose latest cyber victim is singer Simphiwe Dana.In a series of tweets that started on Monday, Mazwai said Dana was an alcoholic and slept her way to the top. This shouldn't have surprised her followers. Previous victims have included Fikile Mbalula, afro-pop singer Lira and the women in the ANC.Banks's casualty list includes Rita Ora, Iggy Azalea, Nicki Minaj, Perez Hilton and the entire lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.This week Banks said she would vote for Donald Trump. She said she thought Trump was "evil" and she believed the US to be "evil" so "in order for the US to keep up with itself it needs him".The question is whether these women's online profiles are more popular than their music.The Ntsikinator, as she is often referred to, last released an album in 2013. But her musical hiatushasn't affected her social bashing.Dana hit back yesterday, saying she would pursue legal action against Mazwai. She claimed the tweets defamed her character."Simphiwe distances herself from these tweets as they are false and are defamatory ... they may cause irreparable reputational damage to her personal brand," a statement read. Dana said she stood for "hard work, ambition, dedication, perseverance and the right support to become successful".Mazwai later tweeted that she wanted the media to stop calling her because "I'm not here to entertain bulls**t", adding that she "didn't need the publicity"...

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