{"id":45469,"date":"2025-12-20T21:31:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T21:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=45469"},"modified":"2025-12-20T21:31:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T21:31:42","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignsizwe-dhlomo-backs-emtee-following-on-stage-dozing-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/20\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignsizwe-dhlomo-backs-emtee-following-on-stage-dozing-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Sizwe Dhlomo backs Emtee following on-stage dozing incident"},"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_182437\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182437\" class=\"wp-image-182437 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sizwe-Dhlomo-gives-fans-a-sneak-peek-inside-his-sleek.jpg?resize=600%2C439&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sizwe-Dhlomo-gives-fans-a-sneak-peek-inside-his-sleek.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Sizwe-Dhlomo-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-182437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sizwe Dhlomo shows love to Emtee<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>South African rapper Emtee has received public support from media personality Sizwe Dhlomo following the recent controversy that erupted after the musician appeared to doze off on stage during a live performance.<\/p>\n<p>After clips of the incident circulated on social media, Emtee faced heavy criticism, with many users accusing him of performing under the influence of drugs.<\/p>\n<p>The rapper, however, dismissed the allegations and explained that his condition was due to extreme fatigue, saying it was his third performance of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the backlash, Sizwe Dhlomo took to X to show his support, posting, \u201cBig Hustle! \u2764\ufe0f \ud83e\udd17 Please take care of yourself my G.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emtee responded appreciatively, acknowledging the concern and encouragement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNgiyakuzwa bhuti \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffd I\u2019ll definitely put best foot forward and keep trying to work on myself. You know I respect you big dawg so thank you. Means a lot to me. Nah FR,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ngiyakuzwa bhuti \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffd I\u2019ll definitely put best foot forward and keep trying to work on myself. You know I respect you big dawg so thank you. Means a lot to me. Nah FR <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hustle (@emteerecords) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emteerecords\/status\/2002067036718186985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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#Sizwe #Dhlomo #backs #Emtee #onstage #dozing #incident<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Sizwe Dhlomo shows love to Emtee South African rapper Emtee has received public support from media personality Sizwe Dhlomo&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45469","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\/45469","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=45469"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45470,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45469\/revisions\/45470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}