{"id":44435,"date":"2025-12-08T13:39:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=44435"},"modified":"2025-12-08T13:39:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:39:48","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncassper-nyovest-faces-backlash-over-gospel-performance-at-bloemfontein-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/08\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncassper-nyovest-faces-backlash-over-gospel-performance-at-bloemfontein-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassper Nyovest faces backlash over gospel performance at Bloemfontein concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_170619\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170619\" class=\"wp-image-170619 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Cassper-Nyovest-says-he-misses-making-hit-songs.jpg?resize=600%2C477&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Cassper-Nyovest-says-he-misses-making-hit-songs.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cassper-Nyovest-3-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-170619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassper Nyovest<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>South African rap superstar Cassper Nyovest sparked a heated debate online after performing a gospel song during his Fill Up Toyota Stadium concert in Bloemfontein.<\/p>\n<p>The song, which included the lyrics \u201cJesus is the Alpha and Omega,\u201d led some netizens to accuse the rapper of being a \u201cfake Christian,\u201d while others defended him.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy began when an X user shared a clip of Cassper\u2019s performance, captioning it: \u201cY\u2019all were right, Cassper Nyovest is doing performative Christianity stuff. His fans will call you a hater for being this honest.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Y\u2019all were right, Cassper Nyovest is doing performative Christianity stuff\u2026. His fans will call you a hater for being this honest \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K90hHAj2Ns\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/K90hHAj2Ns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u30c4 Lord Ori (@Lord_Ori_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lord_Ori_\/status\/1997673190907121857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Responses in the comments section were sharply divided. One fan, @Nokbonga_S, weighed in: \u201cOnly dumb people don\u2019t see anything wrong with this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The original poster, @Lord_Ori_, replied: \u201cCass followers are dumb, I guess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another user, @maphatsoesenyan, added: \u201cI never liked him and I don\u2019t think I ever will,\u201d prompting @Lord_Ori_ to respond with a GIF of a laughing Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Cassper #Nyovest #faces #backlash #gospel #performance #Bloemfontein #concert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Cassper Nyovest South African rap superstar Cassper Nyovest sparked a heated debate online after performing a gospel song during&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44437,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44435\/revisions\/44437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}