Khaligraph Jones eats a humble pie as he apologizes to Tanzanians

Award-winning Kenyan rapper Khaligraph Jones has been forced to apologize to Tanzanians days after igniting a heated war of words.

Speaking to Wasafi FM, Papa Jones sought to clarify that his statement was blown out of context when he said “Tanzanian musicians can’t be compared to their Kenyan counterparts”.

According to the OG, he was defending his fellow countrymen after being questioned about the state of the Kenyan music industry as compared to Tanzania.

Papa Jones had been accused of disrespecting the whole of Tanzania's music industry through his sentiments.

“You know bloggers must always look for the news that will sell so in that aspect there was a conversation that was ongoing and my statement was blown out of context.

For the, longest time now we cannot dispute the fact that Tanzania music has been superior and even when you come to Kenya, you will find that the top songs on YouTube are from Tanzania. And it’s not a bad thing but sometimes when you are doing interviews one wants to show you that you are not doing okay on the market. So in that context, I have to defend my people,” Papa Jones explained.

He added that;

“'Hata venye mi mwenyewe niliona ile interview imekatwa sikusikia vizuri, because it had put me in a bad situation because it was not supposed to be like that because not everyone will understand. So for that one I apologize, that was not okay, wale walikua wamechukulia vibaya poleni kwa hiyo,".

However, he went on to state that he will not surrender in the ongoing rap battle – that has so far attracted several diss-tracks from Kenya and Tanzania.

“But kwa mambo ya rap battle, wacha tuchane, weka beat tuchane,” Khaligraph Jones insisted.

Just the other day, Khaligraph Jones challenged Tanzanian rappers to a rap battle- dropping a diss track dubbed ‘Bongo Favour’.

The diss-track got several responses from upcoming and established rappers in the Taznains music industry.

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