Thread by @ShoMadjozi

I’m only where I am because I’m light skinned, I don’t deserve to be called a rapper, I’m protecting a predator, I don’t write my own tweets, I’m suppressing fellow Tsonga artists because I didn’t retweet someone’s remix of my song.

All I’ve done is be a positive light. But damn honey the brighter I shine the more shade they throw on me. 😂

There was a whole list of 50 rappers and I was the one trending because I didn’t deserve to be there. I wasn’t even number 1 on the list. I wasn’t even in the top 10 but I was the trending topic.

I was like wow this is clearly because I’m a woman, but a good friend and advisor said na, you are more interesting to attack because things are going well for you. Man that put a lot of things in perspective.

The other thing is that the better you try to be, the more you actually get attacked. I commented on this young rappers remix encouraging her and telling her her raps were fire.

Kanti I’m shooting myself in the foot. After that I’m a topic because I didn’t retweet the video I just commented. 😅

I know people will lie, cheat and steal for clout. But to sink as low as using something as serious as sexual assault? I never espered it.

A person claims to have been sexually assaulted by someone I work with, I listen to the story. She agrees she wasn’t actually assaulted by him but explains that the experience triggered her because someone had sexually assaulted her in the past.

I take the whole team to a sexual harassment workshop and I even ask her what she would like me to do about the case. Swear to god, she says give her permission to tweet about it. So I do 🤷🏽‍♀️

A year and a half later, sexual assault is on everyone’s lips so it’s a great time for this story to resurface in the form of a thread.

Of course it’s now slightly exaggerated but at least it will be directed at the guy, right? Or better yet, the guy who actually assaulted her causing her to be triggered will be named so that other women can be safe from him. Nope, it’s directed at me. 🤗

Because I’m guilty of... ? Being well known, I guess. Clout is an exceptionally powerful drug, kids. Do not underestimate what it can cause people to do.

But I understand it this way: People with the least social agency have no other way to exercise power so they’ll attack a person who also doesn’t have much power.

A black woman who has been belittled and underestimated and not taken seriously will take that out on another young black woman by undermining her intelligence.

It’s harder to fight the racist male gatekeepers with actual wealth and power, we feel powerless against the actual rapists, we feel powerless under governments that keep us poor. So we attack each other. We always attack each other.

But I’m a boss and I’m a leader. I have some power and agency in this world. And I would rather use that little power to fight against the real problem, not against someone who is also a victim like I am.