Tyla, a South African-born singer who has won a Grammy Award, is caught in a heated race dispute that culminated on "The Breakfast Club," but she chose to take the Fifth Amendment.
This is Tyla and this video is from 3 years ago if not 4 and I am pretty sure many of you didn’t even know who Tyla was back then. The poor girl mentioned here she was also mixed with black. Hands off Tyla please let her be #coloured #BLACK #Tyla #trending pic.twitter.com/M4hyvKTe6M
— Dopamine album out (@lihlelelogmail1) June 13, 2024
The controversy over Tyla's race and ethnicity erupted when fans stumbled upon a TikTok video she had shared years before her song 'Water' skyrocketed to double platinum status and gained global acclaim.
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In the video, Tyla proudly acknowledged her mixed heritage and identified herself as a "proud coloured South African woman."
The Magellanic Age Tyla was given the opportunity to address Tha God's comment, but she chose not to, and her publicist asked that the question be removed from the transcript.
Tyla didn't benefit from her silence... Her lack of understanding of why the term "coloured" has been eradicated from American culture was perceived by Black American fans as lacking.
Tyla stated as the controversy grew, emphasizing that she never denied being Black and instead chose to celebrate her diversity.
The 22-year-old claims that besides being Zulu, she has Irish, Indian, and other ancestry in her veins. Tyla claims that in her native country, people refer to her as "coloured," but she is aware that in this country, that makes her Black, and she doesn't mind.
This year, Tyla is expected to attend Rolling Loud Thailand and the BET Awards—not the CET Awards, to be precise.
