Cassper Nyovest’s ‘gay’ tribute to Riky Rick

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Popular South African rapper Cassper Nyovest recalled how he cringed when Riky Rick touched him from behind, in a controversial tribute to the late hip-hop star who is believed to have taken his own life this past week.

In a tribute to the popular musician friend, Nyovest inadvertently revealed his detest for gays, posting on Twitter that he felt uncomfortable with men touching him from behind.

“As a man, I am very uncomfortable with another man touching me or worse, being behind me. So when Riky creeped up behind me in the middle of an interview, what I really wanna do is turn around and ask ‘Which one is this one now’ lol… But when I heard his voice I chilled” said the musician.

His remarks were not taken lightly but some Twitter users who felt he was being homophobic.

Mohale is one of a number of tweeps who have found Cassper Nyovest’s Twitter tribute to Riky Rick to be distasteful.

In a since-deleted tweet, Mohale replied to Cassper’s tribute, posting: “This is very homophobic. Please remove”.

Mohale is estranged husband to Somizi.