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Cousins! Charlamagne Tha God is providing further insight into Tyla‘s Breakfast Club interview where her team shut down a series of questions!
While speaking on his ‘Brilliant Idiots’ podcast, Charlemagne shared topics such as being a “Colured South African woman”, Rihanna comparison, and more were part of a list of questions Tyla’s team requested to not be asked.
As we previously reported Tyla appeared on The Breakfast Club earlier this month to promote her upcoming project. During the interview the conversation took an awkward turn as Charlemagne asked her a question regarding her identify as a South African woman or as she previously identified herself as being a “colored person”.
Tyla immediately turned towards her team instead of responding to the question. Her publicist asked that they moved on from the question while confirming she will not be addressing the previously issued statement.
After a video clip of the awkward exchange began to trend online, Tyla took to Twitter (X) to address claims of her seemingly denying her Blackness.
“Yoh guys
Never denied my blackness, idk where that came from…”
“I’m mixed with black/Zulu, irish, Mauritian/Indian and Coloured,” the 22 year old wrote.
“In Southa I would be classified as a Coloured woman and other places I would be classified as a black women.
Race is classified differently in different parts of the world.”
“I don’t expect to be identified as Coloured outside of Southa by anyone not comfortable doing so because i understand the weight of that word outside of SA, But to close this conversation, I’m both Coloured in South Africa and a black women…”
She concluded, “As a woman for the culture. It’s and not or… with that being said ASAMBEEE”
Cousins, what are your thoughts on this?
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