Rapper Femi One is not backing down from slamming critics who think her hit song Utawezana got massive success because of Tik Tok star Azziad Nasenya. Speaking to Citizen Radio Mambo Mseto's Willy M Tuva this past weekend, Femi One assured that the song is successful because of her efforts.
"First of all mimi na Azziad sio marafiki, hatujuani kabisa. Alifanya challenge just like anyone else mwenye alifanya na aka submit their video tuka post hio video," Femi One revealed.
She also mentioned that she never got asked for her side of the story in most interviews that she went on.
"Mimi na yeye hatuna issue yoyote. Ngoma ilikuwa ikuwe success. From kutoka tu record hio wimbo. From the creativity. From the storyline tulikuwa tunajua wimbo utafanya vizuri," she commented.
Femi One also noted that the song was bound to be a success without the publicity that came with the Tik Tok queen. She also slammed those who thought that a woman like her would not get the success that came with the song.
"Kusema ukweli ni mipango ya Mungu. Hatuwezi sema ni Mejja ama mimi. Ukifanya kazi nzuri the rest unaachia Mungu. Ni me naamini huo wimbo ulienda according to God's plan," she said.
"Honestly nilifeel venye nilipata hio backlash yote nilifeel watu wanani critisize sana juu mimi ni mwanamke na niko kwa industry. Sikuona watu waki critisize Mejja as much because people kwa society wanafeel like men wana deserve success," she divulged.
Femi One claimed that most people thought that she did not deserve the success that came with the song because she was a woman. They did not want to see her bask in the glory that came with the Utawezana hit.
"Hawataki kunipatia hio credit. People hawaamini mwanamke anaweza fanya kitu nzuri na akuwe successful. They would want to credit someone else for it," she concluded.
The Kaka Empire signee faced a lot of backlash in 2020 when she dispelled rumors that her hit collaboration with Mejja was only a success because of Azziad's popularity on the Tik Tok platform.
She continued to correct people who thought she was only successful because of Azziad and at one point got her fans thinking that she had beef with the social media star.
It started when Azziad was thrust into fame when she made a TikTok. The TikTok, which was a choreography/lipsync to the banger Utawezana by Femi One and Mejja, another big gengetone artist in the industry.
Her video was discovered on Tiktok but she really gained her fanbase on Twitter. She received tons of likes and retweets and it had reached a point where if you didn't know about the video with the new pretty girl lip-synching to Utawezana then are you really a member of #KOT?
In fact, her video became too famous, it started an entire challenge that propped the song up and made it the certified banger it then went on to become over the next few weeks.
Femi, being the rapper behind the beat, had by then become friends with Azziad, (who was gearing to have a large following on Instgram) reposted the video, giving it some love, in the meantime asking her followers how they felt about the video.