Music
Rapper Anderson .Paak talks Afropunk & working with Dr Dre
Anderson .Paak thinks Zulus run in the jungle, but, on the eve of his first SA tour, perhaps we can forgive him, writes Sandiso Ngubane
"I was in the jungle running with the Zulus," Anderson .Paak raps in The Waters, a track from his hugely successful third album Malibu.
"I'm Zulu, I don't run in jungles," I tell him at the start of our telephone conversation ahead of his two shows in Cape Town and at Afropunk Johannesburg at the end of the month.
He laughs: "Hey man, I've been corrected several times about that."
I'm not really offended and I doubt anyone else could seriously claim to be, but it was a good way to break the ice.
Peaking at No49 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, Malibu garnered two Grammy nominations - one in the best new artist category and the other for best urban contemporary album.
LISTEN | The Waters by Anderson .Paak featuring BJ the Chicago Kid
WARNING! This video contains language some may find offensive..
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