Riky Rick roasted for wearing a 'skirt'
Updated | By Tamlyn Canham
Twitter users roasted Riky Rick for wearing a "skirt" during a TV appearance.
Riky Rick is known for his unique sense of style, but some of his fans think he has taken his love for fashion one step too far this time.
The 'Boss Zonke' rapper wore a stylish knee-length "skirt" during a recent appearance on 'Live Amp'.
The Maxhosa by Laduma outfit was reportedly inspired by an iBeshu - a rear apron made from calf skin, usually worn by Zulu men.
The Combos Are Really Communicating 🙏🏾❤️ pic.twitter.com/ShnJsqIpJx
— MASTER MAKHADO (@rikyrickworld) October 12, 2018
Here's a look at the outfit on the runway. Riky described the look as "beautiful".
BEAUTIFUL ❤️ pic.twitter.com/uPzyt30sc9
— MASTER MAKHADO (@rikyrickworld) October 8, 2018
We think Riky Rick looks all kinds of amazing in the Vogue-worthy outfit, but his fans were not feeling it.
Some of them went as far as questioning his sexuality. Apparently Riky's sense of style is not "gangsta" enough for a rapper.
"A dress dawg, because u just tryna prove a fashion statement. Come 2019 you'll see some rap Niqqaz rocking dresses Lana emzansi. Kanye, Young Thug and Jaden Smith did it. This is what we call culture or are we just misleading the masses," one Twitter user wrote.
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Another added: "He knows what he is doing, dig deep why he is wearing a dress and you'll be shocked with what these celebrities do for fame. Go to Youtube for clues. Just type why celebs wear skirts/dresses or dye their hair blonde. Thank me later."
One Riky fan tried to point out that black men in Africa have traditionally worn skirt-like outfits for centuries, but Twitter users were having none of it.
Here's what some of them had to say:
Skirt?! Makhado, we let the last crazy outfit slide last time where you had the red thingy covering your face, manje sewu la. Art yamasimba, thina sigrand ngayo. pic.twitter.com/vj1rMtu4DY
— @ScrollFlying (@BantuMaarman) October 12, 2018
What happend to Ricky ,what happend to Ricky is the same thing that happend to riley pic.twitter.com/Ylr5vj6BRc
— Swahla lensizwa ,flathela zimbuke wasemlazi (@Nsikakhoza) October 12, 2018
Is that a skirt?? pic.twitter.com/DWpwZUSwml
— Zulu Boy🌍 (@MENZIMAJOLAH) October 12, 2018
WTF...man comeOn from Boss zonke to sisZonke 😂😂
— JOE X (@Lethu11674544) October 12, 2018
— 2ways (@Thu2ka_) October 13, 2018
But Riky Rick is unfazed by the hate.
"I’m very comfortable in my skin and in what I decide to wear. I’m aware that the feedback is something I’ll never be able to control. Being called gay because of my fashion choices has been happening for many years, and it will never change the way I view fashion,” he told Sowetan.
Here's a look at some of the rapper's bold fashion choices from the past:
“If you deprive a lion from living in the house, he’ll fight to be accepted in. This is how man imprisons a born king.” pic.twitter.com/0HGysCGD2u
— MASTER MAKHADO (@rikyrickworld) June 3, 2018
“31 years of Joy and Pain. 31 years of Triumph and Tragedy. 31 years of Tears and Laughter... I wouldn’t change a damn thing.” pic.twitter.com/XygoXSf7Uy
— MASTER MAKHADO (@rikyrickworld) July 20, 2018
“These skinny ass legs cant stop me from rocking shorts. Not today.” pic.twitter.com/gWMiBZvPLy
— MASTER MAKHADO (@rikyrickworld) April 5, 2018
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