Grammy Award-winning, South African-born singer, Tyla finds herself on the crossroads of a effervescent race controversy — all of it got here to a head on “The Breakfast Club,” however she opted to plead the fifth.
That is Tyla and this video is from 3 years in the past if not 4 and I’m fairly certain a lot of you didn’t even know who Tyla was again then. The poor lady talked about right here she was additionally blended with black. Arms off Tyla please let her be #colored #BLACK #Tyla #trending pic.twitter.com/M4hyvKTe6M
— Nompumelelo (@lihlelelogmail1) June 13, 2024
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All of the chatter about her race and ethnicity began when followers found a TikTok Tyla made years in the past — earlier than her “Water” tune turned an internationally identified, double platinum smash — the place she celebrated her blended heritage, and labeled herself a “proud coloured South African woman.”
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Charlemagne Tha God gave Tyla the ground to make clear the comment — however she bottled up and her publicist requested the query be struck from the report.
Tyla’s silence did her no favors … Black American followers felt she lacked understanding of why the time period “coloured” is now not a part of the tradition on this nation.
With the controversy mounting, Tyla launched an announcement … clarifying she by no means denied her Blackness, she merely selected to embrace her range.
In accordance with the 22-year-old, Irish, Indian and different blood runs by her veins — along with being Zulu. She says in her homeland they name that “coloured,” however she is aware of on this nation, that makes her Black, and he or she’s received no downside with that
Tyla’s scheduled to look at this yr’s Rolling Loud Thailand and the BET Awards … not the CET Awards, for the report.
