They were living like arch enemies. Every chance they got; they were at each other’s throats. They publicly fought through music and a few times late rapper Kiernan "AKA" Forbes even slapped Refiloe" Cassper Nyovest" Phoolo. In 2015, AKA released the diss track Composure and Cassper Nyovest responded with the angry song, Dust 2 Dust. Since then, they have tried to make peace but failed. On 10 February 2023, AKA died after being shot outside a Durban restaurant. Cassper opens up for the first time about what led them to being enemies.

HOW THE BEEF STARTED

In an interview with friend and rapper L-Tido, Cassper explains that the conflict between him and AKA started over the song Gusheshe, which was his breakout song He explains how he refused to feature AKA in it but featured only OkMalumKoolKat. "So the real beef started because of the song Gusheshe. I made the song and wanted OKMalumkoolKat on it. He (AKA) loved it so much and asked to put a third verse. He felt like I didn’t need him, he got sour." Cassper has been reported to have fallen off with a lot of people but says the fight with AKA had more of an impact on his life. "That was the only real beef I had. The whole thing was bad and gave me sleepless nights." He says, he thought about AKA every morning and how he could get back at him after releasing the diss song Composure. "That song messed up relationships. I was mad at Anatii and DJ Milkshare for producing it and everyone." He jokes about how he secretly liked parts of the song. "That’s why my reply was so angry. I think I shouldn’t have been so angry. I really didn’t like him. It was beyond repairs. I thought the only way of fixing it, was in the boxing ring." 

MORE BEEF

He has had numerous beefs following the one with AKA. His beef with Prince Kaybee is another one. "Man, that’s a boring one. He is an idiot. We were supposed to go fight. I am waiting for him to grow some balls. He is just a fan, an angry fan" he says. Cassper also fell out with OkMalumKoolKat."I don’t know what happened, we just drifted apart and stopped talking. We recently reconnected and spoke about making music and being a father. That’s solved, we are cool. "As for Anatii, he called himself sexy chubby and that was my thing," he jokes. "We were supposed to do an EP called sexy chubby niggers and he went and did it with Kiernan."