Last week Friday x Saturday Kieran Forbes AKA "AKA" sat down with Sizwe Dhlomo for an MTV Base exclusive on the #BehindTheStoryAKA.
When I saw this at first I thought this is going to be a dope interview. It kinda of reminded me of the time when Zane Lowe sat down with Kanye and they chopped up all things Yeezus and the life of Ye minus the crying. But back to AKA though. This exclusive MTV Base interview would reveal to me a few things we did not know about Young AKA x The Underdog AKA x The Doro AKA.
Peep the 10 things we learned from AKA's interview with Sizwe Dhlomo after the jump.
Who would have thought that AKA was a beat maker before making these raps. I guess there came a time in young Forbes' music career where he had to to start experimenting with rap more and he would gravitate to the mic like any artist would. I am very intrigued to hear the beats that AKA made in the the past. Can you imagine AKA beats in SA Hip Hop right now? Imagine if AKA was a beat maker in the game. Things would be very interesting you know.
The journey of young Doro would change when he met Tibz. In the interview AKA says that Tibz was the one who introduced him to Vth Season which is AKA's current record label. If you recall from the interview AKA says that the Ivy League relationship did not continue as he was looking for a better situation and Ivy league felt that he would leave them as an artist in their stable anyway.
When AKA said he is not a robot I chuckled abit. I mean can you imagine a Doro Robot? Okay moving along, what AKA was trying to say is that people do not understand that he is a human being just like you and me and sometime he says the wrong things on social media.
@akaworldwide We apologise for the disappointing experience and service. Would you kindly DM us your lady's contact details.
— Domino’s Pizza SA (@DominosPizza_SA) March 13, 2015
Up until last year there were rumors that AKA was dating Zinhle but neither of them actually admitted this rumor. I remember the time AKA was in Mauritius last year and he was posting pics on how horrible the weather was that side. Zinhle was also in Mauritius but we never saw a pic of them together. Fast forward to late 2015 AKA and Zinhle officially went public but how did they really go public?
You know with so many stories of going around on who AKA is and what he has done he does not hide the fact that he loves his daughter. Through all the media frenzy and stories AKA has and will protect this part of this life just like any dad should.
As the interview moved along Sizwe eventually dealt with the big fluffy elephant in the room and asked AKA about the Composure record and why AKA decided to make this record.
Composure - Single by AKA ???????? https://t.co/8eULEwE6JG
— AKA (@akaworldwide) October 4, 2015
Watch AKA perform Composure for the first time by clicking this link
The second big fluffy elephant in the room was the alleged slap that got social media buzzing. When Sizwe asked this AKA said the following.
When AKA lost at the BET awards, he felt that South Africans were celebrating when he did not come back with an award. AKA goes onto say in the interview that he tweeted cause he felt disrespected and that we as 'South Africans' do not celebrate our own artists and we only celebrate them when they are dead.
Click here to see read about this story and how it unfolded
There is no debate that All Eyes On Me is a smash and the joint has had a life of its own. In the interview AKA breaks down how this track came to fruition and how Burna Boy got onto the record.
At the end of the interview Sizwe asked AKA where to from here and what can people expect. I have watched many AKA interviews in the past and I knew the answer that was coming. I knew that AKA would remind us that he is an artist before anything else.
In closing these 10 points are the jist of what was chopped up in the interview. AKA is a special talent and with everything that is happening let us not forget that.
There was one final quote from AKA which paints the picture of an artist x father x individual who wants to do the best for SA Hip Hop and leave a legacy.
S/O MTV Base x AKA x Sizwe for the interview.