Both Tyla and Ayra Starr are beautiful talented girls. Why are people even pitting them against each other?

Americans obsession with one drop rule is why they wanna violently claim Tyla as black. They were never this entitled with Tems or Ayrastarr 😭

I’m Angolan and we have about 3+million mixed race people in my country but they are called mestiços and not black. Unambiguous black men need to stop this obsession with mixed race people. Africa is a very diverse continent and most of us are proud Africans. As a black woman I’m genuinely happy for Tyla and I hope she shines even brighter and continues to put African music on the global map.

The crazy thing is, it’s the non-Africans having a lot to say about what African is. The bottom line is, the African identity is so complex. African is not a race, it’s a shared experience of a people. Tyla represents my heritage, culture. It’s inspiring to see someone the same race as you, who shares the same accent, making it big. It makes the kids in our communities feel like their dreams aren’t that far out of reach. I wish I had a Tyla around when I was younger.

The world might be confused about Tyla and her ethnic belonging but here in South Ahh we are not she is a South African Coloured woman and damn she’s making us proud. Let that be clear. 🇿🇦✨ We also Stan Ayra Star and her Nigerian vibe. They both bring something absolutely unique about themselves. We should actually be celebrating their work. 🇳🇬✨

Mixed women/people are not black. They are mixed or bi/multiracial. Tyla does not represent the black woman just as a black woman (monoracial) would not represent a mixed raced woman. The issues I see surrounding black vs mixed race people is that mixed people are welcomed in black spaces however, the same cannot be said about black women in mixed raced spaces. Things would be much easier if we would stop trying to one drop rule people into blackness and just be accepting that mixed people are not black and keep it moving. No other races do this, it's getting dumb. It's also this idea that black women are just regular whereas mixed people are elevated. This in itself is divisive. I have seen some very unattractive mixed women just like I have seen in other races. People are obsessed with mixed people because of the very few mixed kids we see with the 3A hair, the light eyes and skin to match. This is why people go out of their way to show their disappointment in seeing mixed girls with 4c hair, brown eyes and average looks.

The amount of times I’ve had black men ask me “what you mixed with”??? I always say “My mama and my daddy”. They ask “what are you”??? I finally started saying “I’m HUMAN”… So damn annoying.

Girl all this stuff is so exhausting! I don’t keep up with majority of pop culture/new music so I’m just now learning of Tyla. She’s poppin! It’s jealousy. These people will literally be the ones to HYPE someone up, make them popular and then resent them for that success😩

She already said how she identifies herself. The people making it a debate is embarrassing.

I notice this to be a problem with african Americans. They like to police peoples identity. Every comment section its AA saying that tyla is black and South africans and people from carribean trying to explain history and how racisl identity in other countries. Americans tend to forget that racial identity and mixing is not something thats unique to the slave trade that happened in the US. Its frustrating talking to them sometimes and try to explain.

They tend to forget Africa is a whole Continent.. to them, all Africans have to look Bantu when in reality Africa has 54 countries with many different tribes and cultures. They say Tyla does not represent Africa because they want a bantu woman to represent them. I wonder if the ones saying those things are unambiguous black Americans because Africans know very well there is diversity depending on the African country.

I honestly just feel so bad for Tyla. This constant fighting over blackness is so embarrassing. I heard an UABM say she can’t identify as coloured because of the situation here in America which I get, but that’s just how she identifies. Why try to control? Clearly the history is different concerning that description. Just imagine coming over into the black American market and instead of your music they’re focused on your race. It’s actually very hard for any non American of any race to cross over. It’s seen as a HUGE stepping stone. This should be a highlight of her career but yet black Americans are focused on her race. It’s comical. You have no idea how cringe this is to me. How are black ppl not embarrassed of the constant fixation on race? HOW? Therapy, they need therapy. I can see in the future bw trying to distance themselves from her like they do other mls women in the industry. When I went to college black women purposely isolated me because they didn’t think I was black. I think that’s why this topic is so triggering. It’s honestly pissing me off to where I’ve been avoiding all videos about it. Many situations that happened to me I think I’ve mentally buried really until your channel and it’s causing me to face them, heal, and move on.

You are absolutely correct. The main supporters of Cardi B is DSBW. I was shocked by how so many of them sided with Cardi over Nicki. 😂

I respect you for this video. Tyla is South African and she was born and raised in South Africa with some Indian and Zulu roots from her bloodline. Tyla is Coloured but she's even more African than African Americans, African doesn't necessarily mean Black, we have White, Indian, Coloured and Chinese Africans. people should educate themselves and stop being ignorant

Im a Coloured South African man and colourism in South Africa is also thing. This oversexualising of Mixed Race women is such a shame.

Thank you for acknowledging Multigenerational mixed communities. Louisiana Creole here ⚜️ I appreciate your content.

2:07 I’m a black (Somali) guy and I love to support your channel. I just enjoy listening to different people with different perspectives. And, I hate to see injustice of kind. The rise of anti-mixed race hatred from the BC is insane and I see black folks getting away with it under the claim of being a black progressive. Secondly, black folks do same identity policing towards Somalis, Ethiopians and other East Africans get the same identity policing and I’m sick of it too. I support your content and your general stance. You guys deserve your own space without bad faith agents running a muck! Good bless you.

The funny thing is If she came out calling herself black these same people would be quick to call out that she's a mixed race Coloured South African I'm a Coloured South African and the reason we relate so much to your channel is because almost everything you speak about is literally our lifestory😂. Atleast in Southern Africa historically we have no one drop rule so we have Coloured community's where we can unapologetically be our mixed selves. People who take issue with Tyla representing Africa are ill informed and think you need to be black to be African. It is understood however when a black artist for example from the UK says he/she represents the UK. To say Tyla can't represent Africa because she's skinny and not 100% ethnically black is hilarious. In South Africa not only do we have a Coloured community of 5M+ people. We also have a large white and Indian community who very much represent Africa whether people like it or not.

No one gave muni long the time of day before she transformed

Tbh i do prefer Ayras music, i feel the frequency more than Tyla. but that is just down to what i connect to. Others may connect more to Tyras music. so it is what it is.

Tyla definitely has world wide super star appeal

Shes half indian. She is part white. Her nationality is African however this is clearly NOT a black woman 😂

I'm south African ... identifying as a certain race , is not about trying to be superior or inferior.... It's literally part of our legal system.... Please do research. We have black, coloureds, white and Asian and other... Literally social media has become a place where everyone is constantly offended and thinking the worse. I love hearing people's viewpoints in things...I can appreciate being educated aswell. The point is being coloured is like a "culture" on its own.... So weird ...I grew up in a place or in school where all my friends accepted each other as is..then stepping out in the real world...I'm learning that I must be mad that someone is mixed race or embraces that. In general I do believe racism, colourism , prejudice etc are real and people need to educated. But seriously now I must stress about being coloured aswell..... I wish things were less complicated but it's not .... Anywhoo may we learn to be confident in our skin and celebrate the diversity that is the human race There is this system that is manipulating us ...some call it the "matrix" that do want us to divided and do want us to only identify certain types of people, races etc as "better than".... Attack the system not the people

People need to understand she's 100% South African👍

How do they not know what Rihanna voice sounds like…

speaking as a coloured South African, I’d say in the entertainment industry we have FAR less opportunities than black people. I’m an actor myself and it’s difficult to come by English language work, and if you do it’s not a big/high paying role or you have to change your dialect cause most coloured people’s natural speech deviates from standard South African English. we have more opportunities outside of this country so it’s very nasty that they’re trying to knock Tyla’s success cause there’s barely any space for her here. African Americans think we’re more privileged than black people all over the world when literally the ONLY privilege we truly have in this country is pretty privilege. the only thing my mixed heritage has gotten me is unwanted attention from men, ESPECIALLY black men.

"...average African woman..."?? lol they genuinely think that all African people are dark-skinned with wide noses. This is not true. Even Khoisan people, which many South Africans have a mix of as well, the oldest nation in the world and in Africa, are light-skinned with high cheekbones and slanted eyes (eyes with an epicanthic fold). They are just jealous and bitter.

I feel like people should not make a mixed race person pick a side. There’s nothing wrong with being 2 races at once, literally!

I agree, if the “community” poured into Normani like they are doing for Tyla then she’d be more successful. It’s internalized colorism for sure. I remember my daughter who is mixed was at a monoracial girls bday party. You know they put my daughter in the center of the birthday girls photo! I called them out but not one said anything. We do it to ourselves and then cry.

Tyla has multigenerational admixture. I dont know if the reason they are calling her black is just because shes african. Tylas sister is dark skin but still she also looks like she has admixture

She is beautiful, I live in Brazil and she would be a girl I would easily find there, because we are mixed and I hardly see a person without being mixed in Brazil, black people from the United States have to understand that they are not the only black people in the world, each country has its own ways of classifying an ethnic group

Even some black women in South Africa have told me that I, as a coloured woman, im not African. We are seen as invalids to some. Im proud of her for making it out. We can win nowhere.

This is the best channel I’ve ever found love from a exotical 🇯🇲 🇵🇱❤️

Im coloured South African growing up coloured is not a colour but race ❤❤ we have black..brown and light skin people that if they would say they coloured overseas people will think they white as for the topic based on colourism there's always debate..and these people they famous making moves and money people will always hate and judge so big ups to the ladies representing Africa julle is mooi girls doing something different is always a winner something fresh Afro beats amapiano vibes origin made in Africa for us as coloureds its history Tyla Seethal the first coloured South African nominated for a grammy ❤

If y'all don't claim her.....we Indians will claim her..,her facial features are too indian❤

I just wish they just shut up at this point. The constant whining is irritating

Everyone's fighting, meanwhile the two of them are friends 🤣

Thank you for creating a safe space for us. It’s nice to hear what I’ve been thinking but afraid to say it. 😂

As a South African I claim Tyla as one of our own. We love her and she's fully African!!!!!!!! Fxckk American Standards on how Africans supposed to look like

as an african i think its because african americans race is interchangeable with their ethnicity. so they identify solely as black. But the african identity is not just on race cus its a giant continent with a diverse range of ppl aswell. us africans identify more with culture and ethnicity rather than race tbh.

Tyla is beautiful and talented ❤

I’m a Nigerian American Black woman and darkskinned it does hurt the fact that people like to associate success to skintone. you are literally speaking sm facts I don’t understand how we can hate but we are the same ones putting people of lighter complexion or mixed people in the forefront. It’s weird how some black people get upset when a mixed person claims their other side and is proud of being biracial or multiracial it’s just weird. and imo Tyla is talented and is likeable love an African sista to infinity (Ayra Starr and Tems) all of the above. They just always put them against eachother, like why not support all of us?

I liked Tyla because I liked the song I didn’t even know what she looked liked heard the song first. Second y’all need to learn about other countries and cultures it’s embarrassing. And my family is creole im mostly black but dismissing mixed people is stupid we were on the same journey idc.

It (the vicious cycle) never ends.

I'm just used to their complaints about MLS woman.

I just found your channel and I am obsessed!!!

I dont know about this VS thing... but Tyla is hot period. Soothing voice, reeks of femininity, interviews really well, and love the accent she has - she also moves/dances with alot of seductive movements no cap. All Men not living in a bubble, typically love mixed race girls.

It’s such a fallacy that darker skin women don’t get enough attention when some of them do! 💀And for the ones that don’t, it’s because the black community does not give them attention. Hello!! I feel the same way when it comes to the conversation surrounding black girls not getting enough attention for going missing…it’s because the “community” does not care/make a big deal out of the issue🤷🏽‍♀️

It’s the same issue here in South Africa. You hit the nail on the head.👽✍️

So if she was dark skinned a little heavier with coiled hair...Would you leave her alone?

The male gaze, particularly the unambiguous BLACK male gaze… always leads to MLS women around the world, catching strays 😩 Poor Tyla… unwarranted hate, YET AGAIN! #Exhausting

I'm African, and really Americans need to grow up from the colorism battles (both black and mixed race.) Both Ayra and Tyla have big followings in Africa, they are supported across the board. They are different and not comparable. Ayra is an Afrobeats artist, not an RnB artist. She is the embodiment of an African pop star, so for the African performance award she edged it a bit more. Tyla is an RnB artist, she represents what is most familiar to Western audiences, so it makes sense that she got an American award. However, Ayra is the African Pop Star of the decade, from an African perspective. And Yes, Dark skinned black men need to be called off for the double standards, hypocrisy, and abuse of mixed-race women. They claim more ownership over mixed-race women, than mixed-race men. Meanwhile, they always make fun of the light skinned dudes, which is just bizzare.

Lol I love it when you say "exotical tax"! 😃

The term coloured in South Africa is an umbrella term that includes 3 people groups. First it is the people who hail largely from Cape Town. They trace back their ancestry to slaves who were brought from Malaysia to Cape Town. That is the Asian connection to modern day coloured people. Most of those people don't actually mind being labelled as coloured, but they do have a lot of colorism issues as those with a darker skin tone are at times viewed as lesser. The second group is the indigenous people of South Africa known as the Khoisan. They are not classified as black but as coloured, though some of them reject the label coloured. Black people in South Africa don't like being told this but these people were the original inhabitants of Southern Africa. Black people immigrated to South Africa from the Northern and central parts of the continent though they were in the country long before whites were. That is why there is great similarity between the Zulu language spoken by the Zulu people of South Africa and Swahili which is a language spoken in the Northern and Eastern parts of Africa. In any event, the Khoisan is the indigenous people connection to, or ancestry of modern day coloured people. Thirdly, there is the biracial/mixed race connection. The offspring of any pairing of 2 races like black and white, or black and Asian, or white and Asian is technically classified as coloured, though it also largely depends on how the parents choose to raise that child, and in which culture the child is raised. Thus being biracial/mixed race doesn't always make someone coloured, especially if they are not raised in the coloured culture. Someone like Trevor Noah is the most famous example of someone who is biracial/mixed race, but not necessarily coloured because he was raised in the Xhosa culture as opposed to the coloured culture. Tyla is a coloured in every way though her ancestry doesn't seem to go back to the Khoisan. Even so, she is still undeniably coloured. Once again, the term coloured is an umbrella term that includes anyone from any of those 3 groups of people. It is a melting pot of those 3 people groups that melted together and formed one people. More than anything else, it is about culture and heritage. That is the one thing that distinguishes coloured people from black people in South Africa. Even black people in South Africa understand and acknowledge and accept these differences between themselves and coloured people. It is ignorant to always expect someone to be black just because they are African.

This is such an amazingly beautiful and objective video and it totally resonated with me. Thank you, from Johannesburg - South Africa.

Americans don’t know that there are many races in SOUTH AFRICA not necessarily the whole of Africa

8:00 This is such an interesting perspective that I’ve never heard before. Adds so much nuance to understanding the current state of the collective culture

There are white South Africans; there are black South Africans…what is the problem!!?

I'm South African and huge fan of afrobeats. Ayra Star is a natural beautiful African woman all the best to her. Tyla is also beautiful and has roots of Zulu. Indian, European ethnicity, her father is of Indian descent. So I'd say she's a South African Indian coloured that's just me. Her father and mother are from Durban and we have coloureds in my family from Durban. They don't speak Afrikaans at all they speak English and Zulu.

There is a such thing as colorism. It’s been that way since the beginning of time. Lighter complexions have always been considered at the top of hierarchy. We can’t ignore it. The darker skin black woman or of any race, will always be considered less than…in comparison to a lighter woman. It doesn’t mean the darker woman can NEVER be successful…it’s just treated differently. The darker skin women experience a mental tug-a-war because they love the talent you mentioned…but it’s not an even playing field “in the end”. Which is when the darker woman expresses the disappointment. The names you mentioned of the lighter complexion don’t need to say anything, because their treatment is different by society. Even Beyoncé’s own father said she received more attention because of her skin tone. He’s talking about when managing the group as she was growing up. The video is somewhere on KZfaq. KeKe Palmer also talked about wishing she was lighter because they were more favored in Hollywood. This also led to her wanting a light skin child…which she now has in her son. I think you need to take a deeper look into this subject matter. You are speaking on the surface, not the historical and psychological stand point.

Most of the successful dark skin black women came before the 21st century. Every since Beyonce hit center stage, it's been lights out on darker skin black women. I'm not exactly sure why this is. It may have something to do with the fact that lighter skin/mixed race women have greater marketing appeal to mass audiences.

It’s weird cos ayra starr is a way bigger artist than Tyla. If anything ayra start is giving tyla a big platform to showcase herself in the afrobeats industry. I don’t get why they keep doing this in the black community it’s irritating.

When I met my husband's family 8 years ago a friend of the family said "ooo an exotic beauty" and at first I was sad because why can't I just be a beauty but then I smiled because she did say I was pretty lol I'm black Arab and white. It comes together to look south Asian. When I was young I hung out with mostly white girls because black girls didn't accept me and thought I thought I was better than them and I actually had low self esteem and did not think that I was better at all. I am brown skin with type B hair. The thing is that mixed women have a leg up in the beauty game because they can get the best of both worlds. Silky hair, bronze skin and lovely figure! Every women can achieve beauty but it is easier for some women.

THANK YOU 💕💕💕💕💕

It’s funny i never noticed these things. Like i don’t watch reality tv but the main ones who do are UABW. The most black entertainment i consume is the whoreible decisions podcast. Which it’s funny they’re accepted as a black podcast but they’re both mixed. There’s two other sex podcast in that space. Cocktails and pour minds which are both hosted by UABW but whoreible decisions is the most popular.

When will people stop the nonsense and just enjoy the talent? There are so many mixed race female artists who can't make it in this music industry. Tyla made it not because of her skin color but the way she express herself based on her cultural background in South Africa. Also people are ignorant about Africa and especiallly South Africa! Was Nelseon Mandela a mixed race? Not all africans has black skin. Brown skin is all over in Africa. When a brown skin put on a Bresilian hair style people goes wild! That is an american problem though. I wish it was confined in USA, but internet takes it all over the world. Enjoy talent please, stop hatred.

This is kind of related to 1:35 but I saw a video showcasing Vanessa Williams and Rick Fox’s relationship and a few uadsbm were butthurt saying things like “sHe JuS wAnTeD hIm CuZ hE lIgHtSkInTeD” I accidentally posted this under another comment

You hit the nail on the head regarding BM claiming us as Black lol.

Trevor Noah is also a Coloured south African and I don't remember his identity being this much of a controversy when he broke out in the states 💁‍♀️💁‍♀️💁‍♀️ no one compared him to Kevin heart for instance

100% about the male gaze

I think several things can be true at once. Tyla is talented, charming, and a great dancer. Tyla also benefits from being beautiful, slim, and light-skinned. Several things are true at once. I don't understand the binary that her success must be based solely on talent, or solely on her appearance. In reality it is both. Additionally, even in South Africa Tyla would not be considered black. They have different racial categories. So it is insincere to call her the "average" South African woman.

Jeez…I have just come across this clip. Good God, I’m worried for my light skinned mixed race daughter. Why the hell cant people just stop with the inferiority complex. I think the narrative that we see this issue through the “male gaze”, is spot on. What is viewed as a beautiful woman in this world, is where this comes from. I know for sure my daughter, who is part Nigerian, part Spanish and Mexican, will at some point have to navigate this issue, as she is a very beautiful girl. I pray that she continues to be comfortable and confident with who she is and keep her friends and protectors near, and the haters at arms length

Honestly this is similar to how black people bullied mullato into changing her name lol . Now they call her Karen 😂

54 Countries in Africa. Tyla is South Africa 1 of 54 Countries in the Continent. South africa has Black, White, Indian, Asian and Coloured as a race. My mom is Coloured and my Dad that makes me Coloured. Tyla has a coloured DAD and coloured Mom. as an American you wont really understand it. its our Ethnicity, Heritage and culture even our language.

Hey man haven't been around all of South Africa i just stay in the province that i stay in that country but all i can say is that it's more on the of skin tone of a person on my side of South Africa the men around me are more attracted to lighter skin people regardless if u are African or Coloured and besides there is a stereotype on my side of South Africa that say Coloured people are aggressive so we don't tend to mingle with them but on the entertainment side, anyone can be a star weather u are white, black , coloured or Indian

Most South African Coloureds are as you say MGM and we have many shades of colour, light to dark with hair texture variety as well.

I dated a guy who was saying his grandkids were black and they looked white. I told him it’s a shame how some people get up in the mirror and hate what they see so much that they reach out and they claim something and it’s really not that he is Midnight black and he was offended because I said his kids were biracial. I don’t get it it’s the truth what is wrong with people these days we all have blood running through our veins, and we all are worth loving, no matter how we look.

I agree Gogo/grandma from Soweto South Africa 🇿🇦

We don't call ourself mix race we call ourself coloured race in South Africa. Yes it a race that are very old race in Southern Africa. World going to get a chock that there are other race than white and black. That why South Africa is called rainbow nation

Well she is not Black she is biracial and that is ok what is the big deal!!?

As a southern African I would just like to point out that in Tyla’s community she is actually quite dark skin with thick hair. There’s no way we can speak on her experiences.

I'm sorry I'm a little lost what does MLS stand for?

In my country South Africa 🇿🇦 we have 4 races and this is how we are classified in my country. Black White Coloured Indian This is how we are acknowledged in SA. So there is nothing wrong with her telling the world that she is coloured, because we are not mixed raced, or exotic or molato, or latina or black or white we are clasified as Coloureds in South Africa and we are not confused about it. We dont see this as a problem in our country and its not our fault that the rest of the world doesnt understand it. Tyla is a star 🌟 she knows who she is.

Tyla is obviously mixed but shes african and has black ancestry. In america she is black but like af the end of the day she is african. Its rlly not that deep to me, idk why its such a big deal

Ugh, so tired of hearing this. I have heard it my whole life and now my daughter is hearing it. I’m blk/Asian ( 3a curls)( Chinese) and her father is from Trinidad ( Indian/afr). She resembles Tyla very much and she recently came home and said the girls at school said, you’re not blk and why does your hair ( 3B curls) look like that? 🤦🏽‍♀️ I told her ignore them, nothings wrong with you.

❤tyla. Been calling myself Colored for the longest. Not black

My father was half African Half Japanese, my mother is Spanish Dutch and Portuguese. People either think I'm "Afro-Carribean" or "Oriental" when Afro-Carribean and East Asians don't look mixed.

It is there but also it isn't because the coloured/mixed people there treat you differently from my experience my friends were coloured and they never really treated me different from themselves they were accepting they even said i was kinda one of them even thou i look different i'm like shades darker than them i'm not really darkskin but also not lightskin i'm kind of in the middle my skin tone changes sometimes i think i'm tawny brownish even my family start to comment and compliment my skin tone and hair texture and even white people do the same not in a negative way , there are times where the first thing strangers ask me is where am i from? because of the way i look and sound also there are coloured people who think they are better than you because they are lighter than you and richer than you well i haven't experienced that my mother has but to me i think that it's either caused by jealousy a person once told me that if "someone is jealous of you , you're doing something right", But i try not to fall to this colourism because i get bullied for my skin tone and they way i speak English people often accuse me of being white washed to me, man this pisses me off but to me whether mixed white black indians have something negative to say someone once told me that "it's the people not the race."

I only head of Tyla because of the popularity of the water song.

I missed this video and that entire debate...lol. At first, I kept hearing Water play in my car and I would turn the station as soon as I heard it cuz it sounded...HAUNTING to me! Plus, I kept on seeing mermaids in different forms and fashion pop up randomly in movies and other odd places and I started to get scared cuz it was happening so often and suddenly! I dunno. But, anyways... It's really not difficult to comprehend. As far as I understand, Coloured is very similar to Creole in the USA. It's a culture, but it's also a group of individuals who have generations of mixed ancestry. But, just because someone is mixed doesn't necessarily mean they're Coloured in South Africa or Creole in the USA...it's more of a culture than a racial classification. Everybody needs to chill.

Tyler is minding her business. Why cant people do the same ?

What's MLS women?

I will never understand that none sense to me she is African and thats it, she represents one of the African countries and it means Africa is winning, like tf ?? So there are ppl out there mad over the fact her family is coloured ?? Dang if that is what divides us, we sure are doomed 😢

I won’t apologize for this. In 2024 Black women are winning. They do not have the same obstacles as they use to because ppl are no longer allowing. To me that’s a great thing. However, every time I see a video about Tyla, they are in the comments degrading this poor girl. “She’s a one hit wonder.” “Why are they pushing her on us?” “She’s not even that pretty.” “She looks average.” Firstly, the girl is extremely talented and gorgeous. If you don’t agree, there is something wrong with you. On top of that she is constantly collaborating with black women. Like you said, the real issue here is men’s perception of her and the fact that they want to be worshipped. It’s a pride issue. Tyla doesn’t come across as arrogant or “better than”. Her song is playing back to back on the radio because people love her. Not because the “industry planted her”. I’m a Tiger all day because she is a victim of the same things I went through as a young girl. I will defend her every opportunity I get because I have a daughter with lighter skin and finer hair and I don’t want her to go through this. People need to grow up and stop playing the victim card while justifying being a bully to people who have literally done nothing to you. Address the men you desire so badly. Leave Tyla alone because we’re coming for you if you don’t.

Some people don't want to hear the truth, no lies detected on her statement🤪

A star is born. Period! Oh, the confusing folks. Trolls get a life.😊

Thank for this video "How about her talent, her beauty..." Great point!!! And she is proud of African and carrying the Afrobeat's & R&B or this gendre culture globally, PERIOD. People please stop your mental slavery (check Bob Marley). Just enjoy what she brings. Otherwise, go to some other artists. BTW-Amen @Cardoso "Africa is a very diverse continent and most of us are proud Africans". Just like blond, brunette, red head, blue or green eyes, black in America, Africa or from all over are DIVERSE. Stop seeing yourself or women through the eyes of Men or as object for someone to validate instead of you KNOWING your value. Tyla knows her value and those who want to just focus on how she looks rather than talent, that's NOT Tyla's problem. Why waste time on this? Regardless, light or not, Tyla is naturally talented. and forceful. Even if she was mixed, what's your issue? Leave Tyla, the talented, beautiful with her great body alone. Those who don't know, most African have nicely shaped body and of course, you find diversity in shape too and you don't have obesity as here. Therefore, Tyla shape is common out there and it's the type of foods they eat (not over processed as we have in America or too sweet, salty or fat) . Tyla should preserve her values and continue adding to her God given potential. Let's be happy for her. Be kind and not hateful to allow blessings to flow in and overflow.

Well said…

Mind you Ayra Starr and tems where popping for years before tylas song “water “ blew I’ve known Tyla since 2020- I was even a bit pissed that her music wasn’t moving because that girl is crazy talented - she’d post a music video on KZfaq and it won’t go beyond 150k -200k views The song she did with Ayra was like her 3rd most viewed video before “water” blew People should let people shine It’s her time I’m so tired of consuming those self deprecating content

Mess it up😂😂😂😂❤❤❤