Rapper Gigi Lamayne wanted to give up hip hop at one point. But her love for the genre compelled her to return, and her feelings towards SA hip hop have not altered.
Gigi took another shot at SA hip hop in her own podcast, saying Amapiano has had her back for the longest time, not hip hop.
Gigi attacked the genre and its alleged gatekeepers in an interview with Big Xhosa, labeling them toxic.
Big Xhosa was her most recent Point Of View (POV) Podcast guest, and she informed him,
“The reason why I started mixing up genres it was because there is no support in hip hop. King Monada’s song was my biggest song that doesn’t make sense, Fufa was bigger than Ice Cream that doesn’t even make sense.”
Big Xhosa is new in the game so Gigi devised him on how to navigate in the industry and succeed.
“You’re okay as a soldier on your own, you’re okay figuring out this machinery on your own, its never going to be a he said, she said, and I clearly say that you’re a straight talker, and where there is trouble, gossip and stuff move away.
“Hip hop is very toxic in this country, I’m telling you, very toxic, so the reason why I have mixed up my genres is not really out of choice even though I know I’m versatile.” she concluded.
“I do feel like the Hip Hop situation in South Africa right now is a little toxic in it’s own ways, and not to say I am completely detaching from that, but I am definitely going to be in my own lane,” she concluded.
