‘Never denied my blackness’ — Tyla speaks out after team shuts down ‘coloured’ question

Tyla has broken her silence about a race controversy.

During her recent Breakfast Club interview, the Grammy award-winning singer was asked about her identity as a coloured woman from South Africa, and her management asked that she not touch on the topic. 

The term “coloured” is considered derogatory when referring to black Americans.

After shooting up trends list with many weighing in on the incident, Tyla set the record straight by clarifying her stance. 

“Never denied my blackness, idk (I don't know) where that came from. I'm mixed with black/Zulu, Irish, Mauritian/Indian and coloured. In 'Southa' I would be classified as a coloured woman and other places I would be classified as a black woman. Race is classified differently in different parts of the world,” she wrote. 

“I don't expect to be identified as coloured outside 'Southa' by anyone not comfortable doing so because I understand the weight of that word outside SA. To close this conversation, I'm both coloured in South Africa and a black woman. With that being said Asambeee.”