Tyla Now Says She's Black After Awkward ‘Breakfast Club’ Interview

Tyla just took to her social media to address the all the controversy about her racial identity.
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[@CloudyDea-cz3qq]

I don’t want anyone to claim to be black if they feel they are not. It’s an American thing to think one drop of black blood makes you black.

[@anthonymoore7948]

Keep it a Black American thing! Leave African dynamics tribalism and evolution alone! It’s not ours🤷🏽‍♂️

[@DanceArchives24]

Nobody who doesnt have TWO full-black parents shld be sayin theyre black at all, period. Ill even take one full black parent, and one mostly full black parent (75%+ black). Im really tired of the way ppl think they get to just hop in and out of blackness whenever they see fit, and bp need to stop allowing it. This is our fault, for continuing to uplift the one drop rule-which was only created to benefit the ppl in power.

[@nikkisovain9429]

@@DanceArchives24I think a lot of black people want to claim those with barely any black dna because of self hatred. They want to claim their image as their own because they find appealing, they don’t see their own beauty in their pure black selves.

[@anthonymoore7948]

@@DanceArchives24 black is not AFRICAN!

[@cccro6228]

Right on. It's not a sin to be black, but it is one to deny your culture on all levels.

[@kaywashington7284]

Tyla needs to stand 10 toes down on being coloured. Her team should've prepared her to answer this question. Race is the biggest show in town whether you agree or not.

[@eugenaarnold3965]

I agree with you 100%. She going to get this question again.

[@bigbrownbabe]

But she is taking awards as a black girl

[@OrganicBaddie]

It’s the biggest in America, get a life and stop obsessing over people’s race.

[@moonlightprincess449]

@@OrganicBaddiefor real America is annoying when it comes to race

[@moonlightprincess449]

Not everyone is on the race thing like America a

[@Covers-and-Commentary]

but she's not black. Goodness we are so obsessed with making people choose. She's a indian, white and african mix.

[@jaeraee3437]

She is black

[@beautifulsoulgirl8683]

@@jaeraee3437she has about 30% black dna. The girl is multi racial 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@queenisrael8158]

She is black WTF

[@AGirlNamedVan]

americans will never understand . 🥲

[@louniece1650]

You know how them folk get down in this country. She ever finds herself at the wrong place, at the wrong time......🤷🏾‍♀️ They gonna call her 'N'.

[@ItsMeYourfavorite7]

In South Africa she isn’t categorized as Black, not socially and not politically when she fills in those government forms. I tried to explain this to an American friend who met a girl from South Africa and the girl told her she wasn’t black but “coloured”. It’s not a racial slur in SA and it’s not derogatory at all. This is unlike America where if you have so much as a hint of black then you’re considered black. But i understand the difference and the misunderstanding. Black is majority in SA then there’s white, Coloured ,Indian, Asian ( in no specific order)

[@livsmom6992]

Thank you. People need to educate themselves before jumping to outrage.

[@toogeeky4u]

💯

[@missandy23]

They also need to realize black is a make up of many tribes we recognize all in south africa.

[@javiruiz8365]

Exactly! BLK Americans with a white last name need to hush

[@jakestroll6518]

The rest of the world gets it, its only black Americans that get triggered but that's because the education is so poor. They don't get that different countries have different nomenclature. Most American light skins are not monoracial. They would technically be categorized as "coloured" in South Africa e.g. Beyonce, Rihanna, Nicki, Aaliyah, Tyra etc all technically coloured in South Africa.

[@sashagarcia8478]

How is she black and her dad is from India and her mom is half Indian... I'm confused 😂

[@monadugas9113]

How is she white? She’s not .And not one white person is going to think she is white.

[@litchielitch0323]

Indians are classified as coloured, that’s interesting.

[@sashagarcia8478]

@@litchielitch0323 shiid I know plenty of Indians from India that is the last thing they want to be call

[@siyabulelasofika597]

@@litchielitch0323 indians are not classified as coloureds,where did you get that from?

[@lanasjoynt485]

On South Africa, they are.

[@lulamamsila2096]

I'm a 100% black, born and raised in South Africa. I see nothing wrong with her statement as she is colored, NOT Black. She would not have gone through the same struggles as black person would have during apartheid... American culture is not the same as ours...

[@missandy23]

All non-whites went through the oppression of apartheid including coloured people.

[@javiruiz8365]

Do you have a white last name? Or do you have an African last name?

[@missandy23]

@lulumamsila2096 she actually would have, coloureds were not saved from the oppression of apartheid, some laws were later brought into legislation to put coloured people a little above other black tribes, sort of like the house help and field helpers in America, doesn't mean coloureds were not oppressed. see district 6 to get an idea of what coloured people faced during aprtheid. we are one. the white ruling government tried to separate us.

[@jakestroll6518]

​@@missandy23 Its closer to light skin privilege than whatever Lailah Lynn is claiming. The racial discrimination was still very present but not as a terrible as monoracial black people.

[@hannahevans8193]

Do you have the same smoke for the white people that took over your country and told you y'all were less than human?? Or Nah?

[@NNicholeHE]

She’s not black and that’s ok she just needs to learn how to express this. This was blown way out of proportion with her. She needs new PR. The same issues she dealing with here will be reversed when she’s home

[@Tiajones333]

I agree but I feel the same way about cardi B because I realized with The Breakfast Club they stayed on her side

[@LadyDimePiece4Eva]

She only black for the black dollar!

[@Ali-py2ck]

I think she did but people didn't accept her answer because they did not understand her country's culture and how they identify by race.

[@tondaniraluswinga2590]

The problem is her not being able to say it with her chest like sh did the previous times. She should have said what she said in the statement on her interview. she is trying to not say she is not black because a lot of her followers are people who follow her because they think she is black.

[@nomawabo7546]

​@@tondaniraluswinga2590she can't claim black because she is not black, that would be a huge insult to black South Africans if she did, Coloured people and blacks have very different lived experiences. Americans should really educate themselves on other countries.

[@cindyndlangamandla]

I’m from South Africa and I’m Black And I can’t tell y’all for free she’s not black she’s coloured in South Africa and that’s okay.

[@sufi8903]

Yoh ba lapisa....she must be having a terrible time with that...

[@davidopsina3871]

For free no one gives a fcuk about what you have to say.

[@sassybdiy7565]

Girl no flip flopping... you're not black, that's fine, stick to it!

[@vcowherd39]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@123CREATIONS]

Seriously though 😂❤

[@monadugas9113]

They will let her know she is not white.

[@DanceArchives24]

Thank you!!!

[@ASprinkleofAnime]

Tell African Americans to STOP trying to force her to identify as black

[@feebaby]

In other words, “I’m black when it’s convenient…” 😒

[@ASprinkleofAnime]

No, she felt forced to identify as black because look at how black Americans are acting when explained that she is colored. Smh

[@jedmartins]

In other words: I won't answer something that you can easily find on Google.

[@Iri-yy5kw]

Which why I prefer that she just says she's not black.

[@KyKyy333]

Idk why ppl forcing a race on her

[@justrandom4304]

what? nah black Americans are crazy bye.

[@vanessadupas5975]

The problem is is America is very eccentric and sometimes choose to not want to understand other countries differences… She didn’t know how to answer the question because colored is considered a negative word here now. Sometimes things don’t translate. I think you’re making it into something is not.

[@user-cv6dw4nl2g]

They are that’s why she didn’t want to answer the question in the first place.

[@flighter7713]

The problem is people don't want to read an american history book and want us conform to their categories with an american fan base.

[@noxolosithole9140]

Thank you!

[@ASprinkleofAnime]

​@@flighter7713 if you read a book on American history you'd understand where the one drop rule came from and why it's problematic

[@kermiellejoseph9257]

​​@@ASprinkleofAnime facts it was created to keep the money out of the black community and nw black ppl are using it against one another 😅

[@claury33]

I think WE are the problem. Here in America we put so much emphasis on race. We force everyone to check one box and then place all the stigmas and stereotypes on a person based upon what box they check and what WE believe they should be or act like based on our ideas of what that racial identity entails. We in America need to become more educated about the history and cultures of other countries on the planet. The issue is with us and not with her. She has been clear culturally on what she is from the day she was born in South Africa. We are angry at her because she doesn’t fit our description of what we believe Black is. The problem, as I said before, is with US not her.

[@javiruiz8365]

Damn! Glad someone finally said it

[@hannahevans8193]

Actually Charlamagne asked her to educate him on what it means to be a colored S. African. She chose to run away from the question because she was being a coward. Who better to explain her race and apartheid than somebody who lived it?? She was stupid for not answering. Nobody asked her to call herself black not one person.

[@curtis-dj5bp]

That would be fine in south africa, but this is america and the culture of america. You want americans to respect the identification of south africans, yet south africans cant respect the identity in america? There is no coloured checked box anymore. Its black. If she doent identify as black she shouldnt be on essense etc.

[@sootheinsidegrl]

Yes, even people with black skin come from different cultural communities, and they emphasize different aspects of self-identity, just like Koreans and Chinese people are Asian in the eyes of Americans, but these people never introduce themselves to Americans by saying "I am asian", instead they say "I am chinese" or "I am korean". It is rude to categorize other societies' ethnic cultures by American standards alone. Human culture is various and amazing, we should not to "simplify" the categories of cultures, Tyla just wants everyone know that she is more than a "black", also she has a mix of different cultures and different bloodlines. everyone is unique and they wanna others know their unique, it's not wrong.

[@uzumaki3755]

America ain't gonna do that. They are already passing laws to keep Black History out of schools. Do you think they care about what we think when they clearly Whyte Supremacy is their only doctrine globally...just like all other countries. People need to stop pretending America is the ONLY country that emphasizes race. IT IS GLOBAL.

[@ISayToMyself]

Leave that ambiguous child alone. It’s a different culture over there y’all.

[@tondaniraluswinga2590]

It's not exactly true. Colored people in south Africa never really claim their blackness. Except for Zulaika Patel (go check her out) and Trevor Noah. So for her to come on here and pretend like she does identify with being black but is called a colored person is crazy.

[@OrganicBaddie]

Thank you

[@javiruiz8365]

BLK people want to claim her so bad! They always do that because they find her attractive

[@sufi8903]

Thank you....and for us South African it ain't complicated

[@hannahevans8193]

All Charlamagne did was ask a question about what it meant to be colored. She shouldn't have gotten a show catered to black people if she couldn't handle it.

[@rachel4274]

Black South African here. you hit the nail, it is hierarchy, coloureds do look Black but refuse to be labeled as such. Its because they think they are above Black people to this day. Theyd say we get we look the same but its our culture that's different lol whatever. i am loving the conversations this has sparked

[@mariela-sanz]

If she'd said she's black y'all would be on her neck saying she's not. America isn't the world.

[@mamapsims]

Exactly

[@RaaniJ]

Thank you!

[@Lovelylady2324]

Americans set the culture that every other country follows. It is what it is 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@Dee_Emm_Ess]

⁠@@Lovelylady2324tell me you’ve never been out of the country without telling me you’ve never been out of the country.

[@mariela-sanz]

@@Lovelylady2324 I refuse to believe you wrote this soberly.

[@jgj5369]

You could tell she was so uncomfortable throughout the entire interview.

[@ASprinkleofAnime]

I would be too if someone is trying to force me to identify as something im not

[@moniwill]

She not a star.

[@KyKyy333]

I would too like why are they forcing a race on her

[@JNante]

​@@KyKyy333 because of American ignorance. Speaking from my American point of view.

[@javiruiz8365]

@@KyKyy333the USA is so obsessed with race! White and bLK people are exactly the same. So obsessed with race

[@nk7595]

I was listening to a popular radio show on South Africa and they were broadcasting in a colored community about how the government doesn't prioritise couloured people's issues and struggles and a lady took the mic and said "eerst was ons nie wit genoeg nie, and nou is ons nie swart genoeg nie" which translates to "(during apartheid times) we were not white enough, and now we are not black enough"... I think this should explain to Americans the difference. It's not necessarily a "flex" to be colored, it's a social fact and they have they're own political struggles as well and also suffer from poverty and negative perceptions in SA, as we do being black people here.

[@tondaniraluswinga2590]

That's a bold ass lie. As a South African I can certainly tell you that colored people look down on black people. Wouldn't associate with black people and they want to be closer to their white brothers and sisters 😂

[@missandy23]

Exactly we fall under black. Under the sub group coloured.

[@davidopsina3871]

Whats a coloured person?

[@nellasquare2092]

@@davidopsina3871😂

[@mrs.johnson4831]

“I’m black so I can sell my records. Other than that, I’m racially ambiguous…”

[@teresaporter6649]

That part 😮😮

[@BlackberryTitties]

Or y’all don’t know how to think outside of the “black American box!” Not everyone has been classified as black!!! Or have to be black!! 🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️

[@roshellegouldbourne787]

Sell.

[@somindlesssmedia]

I’m sure you as a black woman have never even listened to a Tula record that wasn’t water 😂 she’s not pandering to us lawd she’s embracing her culture and showing it to the world we might not get it here in the states and that’s ok. But damn why do us black Americans have to be sooooo dayum ignorant 🤦🏿‍♂️ this whole topic is stupid and it shouldn’t matter.

[@kaylahbkitty9691]

This black until they aren't so they can dip in and out whenever they want

[@vcowherd39]

They ONLY black when they need OUR support … 😑

[@BayandaMaqanda]

She doesn't need black Americans. She was a superstar here in SA and the UK before black Americans knew her

[@Winnib7479]

​​@@BayandaMaqanda But artists from other countries need American sales and fan base to increase their popularity. It's always been that way, UK artists did it in the 60's. Ayra Starr is more relatable.

[@MidnightMoon88]

​@BayandaMaqanda She needs to go back to Africa then 😂

[@user-cv6dw4nl2g]

Ya’ll are literally insufferable.

[@user-cv6dw4nl2g]

@@BayandaMaqandaliterally.

[@1991Meka]

So tell me why she couldn't say what she wrote in the interview?

[@robertblackbudda]

Because thats not her speaking, thats press release from her management.

[@NEWEST123]

I was literally about to say that same thing!!!

[@mr.nyceguy7800]

💯

[@Hi_Tamera]

Yes exactly. Like she had a major platform to clarify 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@shaniquecrossdale9491]

She really don't owe y'all an explanation. She is what she is whether or not she explains it to y’all.

[@blomobloom9639]

I think we black people need to love ourselves enough and start supporting our own people. Some of this people claim blackness only when its beneficial. If we support our own we won't even claiming people like this. In south africa Tyla isn't that big, yes shes won a grammy and had a song on bb100 that's huge but here we honor and appreciate real talent. There's plenty of talent. I think she's a one hit wonder soon she'll be gone and forgotten

[@hebamohamud6652]

I agree she screwed herself with the black community.

[@darrenmanuel509]

@@hebamohamud6652 how? she literally is black

[@I-amNono]

This is so funny 😂😂 Just months back there was a whole internet fit about her saying she is coloured, exactly what she identified herself as and Americans were like, in our country you're black & the term "coloured " is derogatory to the black community. She says she is black because there is no coloured there and its still a problem to the black americans. What should she have said?

[@druwinters1352]

It's damn if you do and damn if you don't. I don't know why they want her to say she black so bad

[@mahlatse8605]

Exactly

[@kjm485]

SHE is NOT BLK!

[@I-amNono]

@@kjm485 she IS COLOURED

[@cakes9598]

1:50 that is so ignorant and dangerous. Please do your due diligence to understand the different races that are found in South Africa. Coloured is a race in South Africa that has its own cultures and identity. As a South African this really just highlights how Americans expect the world to fit in their norms. The word has a different meaning in your country, drop it. It’s dragging for no reason.

[@cakes9598]

Also, I have been a fan of yours Laila for many years. Please take the time to understand the demographics. Had she said she is black, she would be appropriating Blacks in South Africa. Yes, in America she would be deemed as black, in South Africa, she is coloured.

[@nekitabarber5785]

You all keep forgetting that half of them don't like us black Americans anyway. I don't listen to her music anyway. I love being a black woman ❤❤

[@kameralkutie5594]

To be honest at this point if she doesn't like AAs I would understand why. All the hell this young lady is going through simply because she is being herself is truly sad. She never disrespected anyone nor the black community, but somehow or another the black community has an issue with her. And the black community wonders why people sees them in a negative light. I'm American myself and go through hell with the black women in the black community.

[@moniwill]

Exactly! Another grimey ass tether. A poor man’s Rhianna. Nothing more appealing than a Black American woman.

[@renewilson2540]

🙄 Stop with the Anti Black other members of the African Diaspora have a problem with Black Americans, then it's usually due to LIES!

[@coolaideevens8678]

@@kameralkutie5594girl she’s Indian and Irish singing RnB/over American produced music with an African choir in most her songs… if you go apply for a job , they are going to ask you your identity in the state. This topic is nothing new !

[@RoniForeva]

@@kameralkutie5594thank you 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@lovely31bluprint]

She is pandering to the black audience enough said

[@roshellegouldbourne787]

How?

[@MacDoz]

How? She African. Shes a global artist. Y'all barely even listen to her music.

[@tondaniraluswinga2590]

Exactly. When it's convenient for her.

[@tondaniraluswinga2590]

​@@MacDoz I wonder what hat percentage of the people listening to her music is black people

[@LumkaJwara]

She is pandering to a Global audience as an African artist. She has gone to all media in America not just black so your statement is false

[@feebaby]

They not like us

[@tiffakang4525]

Ain’t

[@BayandaMaqanda]

And she definitely doesn't want to be anyway

[@beverlyhandy623]

They are the same as use. More the same about color as in the USA

[@TDoubleYu]

@@BayandaMaqandathen why is she immersed and being pushed into black media?

[@DreamskyLover]

Amen They definitely not like us But want our money and support tho

[@noxolosithole9140]

I wish she hadn’t talked about this in the first place cause Americans just don’t understand 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@eugenaarnold3965]

And that’s why ppl will continue you to bring up. Now she or her team needs to find a way for her to answer this question. Now everyone is going to ask her

[@TDoubleYu]

We understand she is a culture vulture

[@hannahevans8193]

Charlamagne asked a question because he didn't get it and she refused to answer him. So she was a coward for running from his answer. Nothing wrong with Charlamagne asking to be educated on her culture.

[@gior5526]

@@eugenaarnold3965black Americans are obsessed and want her to say she is not coloured

[@tias.6675]

I'm ADOS and wholeheartedly understand. Her race shouldn't matter.

[@andrec7440]

She is multiracial and multicultural.

[@lungamadoda6992]

Yes and those people are called coloureds in South Africa and the term is not derogatory in 🇿🇦

[@CodenameRawTV]

Nah, stay over there mama....people overuse this term, but it was giving industry plant during that BC interview.

[@BayandaMaqanda]

How is she an industry plant???

[@CodenameRawTV]

@@BayandaMaqanda Comprehension... "giving industry plant". Homegirl couldn't answer sh*t on her own and was constantly looking back at her team. PR is nothing new and neither is artist development to learn how to answer question, but this girl was a deer in headlights completely unable to give an interview without looking to see if the label nodded yes or not. That's very plantish behavior to not be able to answer simple questions or have a simple conversation on your own. Again, not saying she is, but it's quacking like a duck🦆 is all......

[@BayandaMaqanda]

@@CodenameRawTV Why wouldn't she be looking at her PR team because the last time she did an interview and said she wasn't black but coloured the race police in America tried to eat her alive.

[@mariemuhammad5313]

EXACTLY! She’s clearly an industry plant here to just capitalize off of the black community but has little love for that very community. In fact she wants to dissociate from it. There are too many black rnb singers here that I’ll support first.

[@tondaniraluswinga2590]

​@@mariemuhammad5313 I said this and got ate up. Even as a South African black women. I don't listen to her because I don't relate and never related.

[@kathycrc]

Why all the sass now? She could have easily said that in the interview. I hope she can become a strong, confident and secure lady. Because her avoiding and shallow answers lacked interest in the interview. She focuses more on being sexy than anything else.

[@Neesha242]

I said the same thing. She needs to be strong and confident especially in the entertainment industry.

[@meechellea]

Babygirl is a 22 yrs old SA woman. It’s not until recent years that US Americans have really been exposed to the cultures of Africa through commercial entertainment and social media which is amazing. I give the young lady grace and hopefully her and her team will use this as a learning opportunity and will grow from it. I personally had no idea about the history of the word colored (race-relates) outside of the US.

[@MEAMERIE]

I don’t see the hype about her anyway, let her be coloured and rely on SA to support her music and leave us alone.

[@sassybull501]

But she is coloured, what's the problem..

[@TDoubleYu]

@@sassybull501she’s a culture vulture

[@Loveabounds.]

Americans blew her music up on tik tok 😂😂 you guys are slow

[@sufi8903]

😂😂😂😂 you make it sound like she chose to be coloured... She's not identifying as, she is...

[@fatimasummaray784]

@@TDoubleYuhow?

[@tracijasper4716]

It’s all giving Cultural appropriation to me. Like why isn’t she singing in her native tongue like Ayra Star, Tems, and Burna Boy? She’s putting on an American accent to appeal to so called Black Americans. Would she have as much success if she did? She’s also made comments in her music about men favoring her nationality over other nationalities and her not asking/needing reparations. I think it went over a lot of people’s head but IYKYK

[@RepentImmediately]

Why does Shakira sing in English?

[@Neldahalgryn]

Coupled accent is the same as Americans this how they speak American accent.too it

[@ctheshamase4359]

South African here. There are coloured people whose “native” tongue is English. Things are very different in South Africa from where Tyla actually is from.

[@sufi8903]

Whoa, now she sounds American 😂😂😂😂😂 because she speaks English.... Have you taken over the Queens English too, now you are English

[@Sbongile962]

English is an official language in South Africa and she speaks South African English to stop wanting people to conform to American standards.

[@christinelomax3903]

If she so sure why cant she answer??? What she saying is shut up and buy my music. She is playing in our face.

[@alabamabornball9957]

That interview was draining

[@KristyLove47]

Let her sale her ambiguous identity to an ambiguous audience and leave the rest of us definitive people alone.

[@alicegauteng2358]

Tyler is NOT American!!! Your rules dont apply to her. She is A COLOURED girl from South Africa. If you dont understand that or cant read a history book, its not our problem

[@grazion450]

@@alicegauteng2358 All due respect, the phrase “When in Rome, do what the Romans do” applies here in my opinion. What works in South Africa may not work here regarding racial categorizations. Likewise, if African Americans go to South Africa, they should adhere to their racial classifications.

[@tokyoinooshi4836]

We have this conversation every year and yall get the same answer. THE WORLD DOES NOT VIEW RACE THE SAME!

[@andrewsalley3613]

Black when it benefits.

[@Doctor.Dentista]

My Nigerian ex was “not black” when I met him. But when he couldn’t find a job, it was because he is “black”😂😂 naw, you’re just unskilled

[@ogonwaneri5553]

This sounds like cap. Nigerians ABSOLUTELY know that they are black. Try again with the BS.

[@HA-yt4eu]

This is a very silly comment. When he said hes "not black," he meant not black-american. Black to most people around the world means "black-american." Black is the majority in sub-saharan Africa so people refer to themselves by their country and ethnic group. Calling yourself Black in Nigeria is redundant. Mostly everyone is Black.

[@thandisilec835]

@@HA-yt4euyou’re wrong, Black South Africans identify their race first, not tribe.…due to apartheid. South Africa& Namibia is different from rest of continent as they went through apartheid which was raced based oppressive system & laws& unique in that SA has all races and it’s very diverse racially so race matters more than tribe here. A Black SAn will always say I’m Black, before saying I’m Xhosa, Khoi , Tswana etc

[@Doctor.Dentista]

@@HA-yt4eu the point is he only referred to himself as black when he felt like a failure

[@javiruiz8365]

He was just lazy! That’s a true bLK man

[@lateiro6845]

So she’s basically an Indian woman by blood born in South Africa… SAY THAT THEN!

[@thetom5522]

No, she's not

[@lateiro6845]

@@thetom5522 you said no she’s not but didn’t clarify what she is then. SO WHAT IS SHE? LOL

[@thetom5522]

@@lateiro6845 she's a coloured South African? This is common knowledge that circulated for ages, you not knowing this is your own ignorance.

[@TimeafterTime-b8h]

Facts

[@lateiro6845]

@@thetom5522 girl be quiet that’s an Indian woman with a little bit of mixture who was born in South Africa, NEEEXXXT! LOL..

[@oh_zee_oh]

America…we should be embarrassed! We sound uneducated and unseasoned. We need to read more into world history especially about apartheid.

[@BeBlessed70]

Read more, get passports, and travel!! This makes me so sad.

[@snatched.4513]

She’s not black she is colored as she stated and we are fine with that

[@Thankgot]

In South Africa she's coloured we dont do 1 drop rule here. She ticks coloured on government documents.

[@BibleStoriesWitLD]

I’m the same mix as Tyla. I identify strongly with my Black ancestry but I wasn’t raised in South Africa. Im Caribbean and Caribbeans are very proud of their Black ancestry.

[@coolaideevens8678]

Well there’s no doubt about that you can hear thru and through her album… they also said she is part Indian and some other things but I didn’t hear those cultures as a reference in her Music… so she should absolutely be proud of her black side .

[@bigelowkaryn]

I just wish her PR team prepped her better to speak about the nuance of race

[@myeshaspeaks1]

Why are we so obsessed with color but not culture? Every place is not like America and hence, not so concerned with race. It’s not just black or white in other places. It’s not that simple

[@Ali-py2ck]

@@bigelowkarynshe did months ago but people were stuck on her use of the word "colored" and ignored her explanation for its use in her home country. Americans online be like a dog with a bone when they latch on to one part of a whole conversation.

[@RoniForeva]

Are you zulu and mauritian as well because thats also part of her mix and im pretty sure you’re not

[@Venida14]

In regard to the statement she released, I think it is a little too late. She should have said that in the interview and it would have been accepted as authentic. This was a clean-up tactic by the label.

[@Krissyloveem]

Can we not was definetely unprofessional. Like train her on what to say, how to answer questions like that.... she's whatever she is born as...simple...I aint stressing over this.

[@eugenaarnold3965]

Facts! They should have trained her properly

[@femdivinemind7777]

💯

[@domdee3143]

This is the prime example of why the industry needs to bring back arttist development

[@kwaziduma1530]

Tyla does not think she is better. She is South African, and in South Africa there is a "coloured" race. If she finds it awkward to call herself black, that's because she has known herself as coloured all her life.

[@lexiiiiig]

That was Lailahs insecurities and ignorance speaking 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@nubianqueenwxndering]

No she was just protecting herself from the scrutiny, she did not identify herself as Coloured to assert herself as a step above Black people - that's how we identify her here is SA (as we would Doja Cat). She probably doesn't know how to adequately verbalise herself so would rather refrain from the topic which is fair. Y'all really want people to be jack of all trades, let the girl sing! We still love her here in SA tu. - From a Black SAn hun to a Coloured SAn hun

[@darrenmanuel509]

Doja cat isnt coloured in sa

[@matrepharaoh8260]

What is this trend of claiming every light skinned chick is a colorist? It’s like a sick witch hunt.

[@Kwalo_Tse_Boitshepo]

As a black South African, being colored in South Africa is a whole cultural phenomenon more than the whole American thing. She is COLOURED! LEAVE HER ALONE

[@Treemonieee]

Coloured is 3rd in SA🤷🏼‍♀️

[@sandraoswald6930]

Tyla is not black.

[@gior5526]

She is Coloured

[@deangelo8498]

Walk down the street in a white neighborhood or get pull over by the police and then tell me what race you are.

[@curtis-dj5bp]

she shouldnt be in black magazines nor essense.

[@deangelo8498]

@@gior5526 what is she when she gets pull over by the police? 😆

[@atim2125]

@@deangelo8498 🤝👏👏👏👏

[@teeshachurcher1400]

I love how I will be 49 next week and you still indicate me I learned something every time I watch your channel. Thank you.

[@BlackManWorkingVlog]

When did people in the United Ststes become experts on racial categories in South Africans? And why is how she identifies herself as a South African woman so important to some people? Does anyone have any evidence that Tyla thinks of herself as superior to anyonr? She's a star in South Africa and all of Africa. If other Africans felt that she had an attitude about herself as you're attempting to portray, then why do you think they would love her so on the continent and embrace her? Is your "opinion" based on some real issue with Tyla or is it born out of some deep seated envy you have about her and issues you might have about yourself and your own identity?

[@raeniecelightner9292]

She's just another Dani leigh I guess.

[@kitsontuli2713]

Not even close, she never said she's better than Blacks, she said she's Coloured, and that's exactly what she is according to us Southys

[@sassybull501]

No, you're wrong...

[@TDoubleYu]

@@kitsontuli2713she’s still a culture vulture industry plant

[@TDoubleYu]

@@sassybull501she’s right 🤭

[@fatimasummaray784]

@@TDoubleYu I’m not getting why is it’s so hard for ppl to understand. The word “coloured” is considered a race in South Africa. So in South Africa she’s considered a coloured women whereas in America she would be considered black or “technically” black. Tyla has never promoted herself to be an African American women. She promotes herself as an AFRICAN women. I don’t understand why you feel so disrespected when she’s done nothing wrong! She’s dosnt even make r&b/ African American music. She makes ampiano music which is reflectively new in the African scene and she wants to share and has every right to. She calls herself a coloured women bc that is what she’s use to and the way she was raised. Why do you have an issue with that ? You need to understand that the world does not revolve around America and some countries are just different!

[@dalpowers]

I think she didn't go into Her Race based off where she is from because most still wouldn't understand or it would go over their heads.. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@ZRcooking]

In South-Africa we know what it means to be black and coloured. She should have kept it as is and maybe explained what it means.

[@sufi8903]

She has explained it many times...they've trashed her for it hence they decided to no longer touch the subject... It's a touchy one over there...

[@dudleykoopman1664]

​@@sufi8903yes she's not an educator she's an entertainer a singer, song writer and dancer. People need to open a book and do research.

[@limphomothabeng5191]

I just wish Americans can just drop this topic! She’s coloured. They should educate themselves about SA history.

[@sufi8903]

They won't... They want her to classify herself as black so that they can reject her and claim she's trying to be like them... Then call her self hating when she explains herself... She's trapped either way...she can't be herself...they prefer to control her narrative depending on what she does on that day... They will accept and reject her whenever she irritates them...

[@KyKyy333]

Stop forcing a race on her miserable folks

[@gaylek145]

Drained

[@sashaedwards3745]

Right!

[@hannahevans8193]

Charlamagne asked a question and she couldn't answer. he never one time told her to say she was black so ummm yeah

[@KyKyy333]

@@hannahevans8193 ppl have been projecting on her race many times before this I've seen KZbin videos where ppl (black Americans specifically) are literally telling her to say she's black and it's getting very weird. So like I said ppl need to stop forcing a race on her ummm yeah

[@MIA-fq1di]

Like it's so embarrassing 🤦🏿‍♀️

[@brysonmcdonald9585]

America isn’t the world and people can identify how they choose…but she’s marketing herself to black Americans. And despite what people think we do in fact have a culture here, and being visibly black and denying your blackness in any way is against the widespread cultural beliefs, the beliefs of the people she wants money and attention from.

[@jenj5152]

💛Well said!! Hopefully, Lailah pins your comment💛

[@semajdee]

A lot of Africans feel this way. It’s sort of like how Caribbean’s feel & the “I’m not black I’m Dominican” also feel. (Like it was said before, they’ll make it clear they’re Latina BEFORE they’re black) A lot of African Americans refer to every person as black and these people will correct you quick!😂😫 Tyla doesn’t want to be associated with African American, she just wants the money. She like a lot feel it’s a difference between her and African Americans while African American consider every black even though people have different cultures.

[@j.rising7286]

No, it’s not the same. False equivalence. The Black diaspora will identify with their ETHNICITY first, even though they are racially Black people. When they say that, they mean they are not ethnically Black American. Tyla isn’t racially Black or ethnically Black American. So her not identifying with our race, is correct.

[@semajdee]

@@j.rising7286 My whole point is us African Americans need to stop identifying people as black just because of appearance.😫

[@ananasvostel]

No a lot of black Africans do not feel this way. Black Africans do not deny their racial blackness. We are racially black - of course we are. We are where the black race originates from. If a Nigerian were to say I am not black, they mean they are not African American. They don't mean they are not of the black race. When Tyla says she is not black, she means she is not of the black race. Also most black Africans do not have the same racial classifications as South Africa. So we don't go around classifying ourselves by any other category than the race we obviously are - which is black.

[@jassmeenmarie70]

@@semajdee no thats the entire world anyone can look at that girl and see she black

[@yusefnegao]

Thats not true because when they claim black you say there not black but when they claim another group you say they are denying there blackness

[@Yugyeom26]

Who the hell cares if she colored , black, green , purple damn cant we just stop worrying about what race someone is smh

[@Tayloryvonne96]

Okay… I need everyone to read Trevor Noah’s book Born A Crime. I think that it is really sad as Americans we are so in our own little bubble that we don’t understand the racial/ethnic politics of other countries 🤦🏽‍♀️.

[@oh_zee_oh]

Yes! If ppl read the book they would know there’s no offense to be taken. We need more world wide cultural education in America. We sound ignorant.

[@vicarantsane2724]

African Americans need to listen to South Africans on this one and just be quiet. WE ARE TIRED of repeating ourselves to deaf ears. The narrative that Tyla is black when it’s convenient is flawed and irritating! She is a South African Coloured girl and that’s her cultural identity. She’s not classified Black in SA as there’s cultural and language differences between the two groups. That’s all.

[@Mike-di3mo]

World wide she's seen as one term. You can say what you want she nothing more than a Black(or slur) person in the eyes of your oppressors and colonizers.

[@SocaMusicLova1]

Go watch the interview. If you watch the Breakfast Club that is the place to show personality and keekee. Not only did she keep looking to her team she also had very dry energy like sheesh show some personality. Unfortunately this is going to hit her because we live in a time where people by the personality with the music

[@eugenaarnold3965]

Right! I seen teenager do better than that🤦🏾‍♀️and she don’t have to be black. Idc! But open your mouth and explain that.

[@EssieLahlah]

No Lailah, Tyla's telling the truth. This is how it is in South Africa and this is how it's been for ages.

[@lexiiiiig]

Lailahs a clown for this…

[@EssieLahlah]

@lexiiiiig She's not a clown. Perhaps she just doesn't understand how race is classified in SA. She's my girl, and this is an educational opportunity for her viewers.

[@lexiiiiig]

@@EssieLahlah i agree that she doesn’t understand how race is classified in SA. But I say she’s a clown bc she promoting the idea that the American perspective is the only perspective in this video.

[@myeshaspeaks1]

@@EssieLahlahshe should’ve done more research

[@thetom5522]

​@@EssieLahlahso if she doesn't understand why make an entire video centred around a topic she has 0 knowledge on? It's reckless and provides a space for people with a hatred for Tyla and a lack of knowledge on the topic to come here and spew nonsense. It's sad.

[@Promentalist]

Here we go being embarrassing again. Her parents are clearly Indian and she knows that 🙄

[@ananasvostel]

Except that they look kinda black. And her sister looks even more black.

[@iLikeCok]

Her mom is black, her dad is Indian

[@TheSecretninja2001]

​@@iLikeCok Her mom is not Black either 🙃 she's half Indian. She's more Indian and white than Black.

[@prettypearls26]

🤦🏾‍♀️ it’s the last three words to write that Buggs buggers out

[@javiruiz8365]

Exactly! BLK people are so embarrassing trying to claim her 😂😂😂

[@porshacarter8841]

What does it do for the black community if she identifies as black????????

[@biancam2327]

Why cant she identify as she wants. We the only race that forces this conversation for someone to pick being black because black people like her. She South African and from a completely different country. People need to let this convo go. She make good music, appreciate that. No one is asking Eminem to say he black even though he appeals to black people. Lets stop.

[@karma.chameleon]

Yall not understanding cultural differences is hilarious to me. Staring the point right in the face and still missing it

[@lexiiiiig]

Black Americans (not all) want force the one drop rule to the entire diaspora. Like what???

[@BeBlessed70]

And that's why the question was not answered on TBC. People are committed to misunderstanding. Smh.

[@ifronatural9835]

Please Stop bullying this girl!Americans need to learn To accommodate differences in cultures.We are not all American so there is no need to adhere to what you want.

[@hunna5849]

The obsession with skin color is ridiculous 😅

[@elderayruiters4590]

She never denies her black side but it’s difficult to just say you’re black if you have been raised in a culture that is on their own and removed from black side …. We are not black but we have some black in us as coloureds in South Africa !!!!

[@denisha8596]

Look at millions of people not being able to Google that Zulu = black. SMH.

[@darrenmanuel509]

shes coloured

[@lightworks3172]

The only people who u see debating whether she’s black or not are black people. It’s interesting. To the rest, it’s never been a question or a discussion.

[@RepentImmediately]

Black people are obsessed with multiracial people

[@runantelope4239]

Ii would say it's only black Americans who are , everyone I. Africa knows she's not black African

[@syrinereese8722]

In visiting SA, it is very clear the division between White, Colored, and Blacks. For example, I noticed in one specific hotel (small sample size of course) that the Colored walked around with the White Managers; serving in a managerial capacity. But the Blacks were mainly in server positions. Reading Trevor Noah’s book provides good insight on the distinctions.

[@sufi8903]

It depends on where... As a black woman in SA, working with many blacks and coloureds I don't recall a ranking... Definitely not highest earners and most educated in SA 🤷🏿‍♀️🤷🏿‍♀️🤷🏿‍♀️🤷🏿‍♀️ Most might debate they are the forgotten race...

[@Ilove2teach52]

Charlamena Tha Goddess was a mess in this interview🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

[@neowechoemang6405]

I feel that she's being forced to be black there in America coz they find the term colored offensive

[@ejakaegypt]

Nah her fans call her “colored”

[@BayandaMaqanda]

Because she is coloured.

[@Watchyourprofamity]

The way they break down race in South Africa is not the same way we do in America and other places.

[@yusefnegao]

@@Watchyourprofamityno other place except USA and maybe Canada

[@BeBlessed70]

Coloured. Not colored. There's a difference.

[@TDoubleYu]

@@BeBlessed70and too bad no one asked or gives a damn.

[@yvonnenoel7206]

In the Caribbean we know we are Black but it's not something we talk about, or identity as since we Caribbean folks are 99% African descendants. However, we identify as Jamaican, Trinidadian, Grenadian etc, etc. Only in America folks identify as Black first.

[@siyabulelasofika597]

You could scream this from the rooftops and they would not hear you, because they don't want to hear it. I think that's why she's also over explaining it too

[@phokdis]

"Only in America folks identify as Black first." It was designed that way. Otherwise, the term would be Americans and many don't want to carry that term on their backs because of the history.

[@sassybull501]

It's simple as that, thank you.

[@runantelope4239]

I'm Nigerian , we identify as our tribe first , then the country we are from , never black either !

[@tias.6675]

Many people from your countries will say they've never heard of black until coming to the US.

[@bravefaery135]

She was bullied into saying she is Black. She is not. She is Coloured. I am a black African, from Zimbabwe. This is ok for us, black people and coloured people don't have the same traditions, we are totally different. Please get over it. I know that word is VERY triggering for most African Americans but kindly get over it. It's not that deep over here. Thanks.

[@uzumaki3755]

Nobody bullied here. There's nothing wrong with asking. She needs to stand on her square. People will still listen to her music. Keep your little BA snide comments though. We can read through the lines of your dislike.

[@charitymap2679]

This is not very accurate, coloureds are actually not necessarily ranked higher than blacks in SA. As a black person I'd actually find it weird and off putting had she said she was black from the get go. I understand her stance now but feel people are really over reacting it really is a case of how the term is perceived differently in different parts of the world!

[@sufi8903]

True, they will likely say they are ranked lower than blacks....they don't think the government does enough for them... I can't imagine her denying her people...the people she returns home to

[@MakaykayLAMB]

Mayowa of MayowasWorld did a really good video about the erasure of unambiguously black people & their features and I think forcing Tyla to identify as black is kinda perpetuating that erasure. Not only does Tyla identifying as colored help give people outside of South Africa some education regarding race relations in that country, but it also helps us to recognize how brown people come in many different shades and cultures.

[@bekbamf3736]

I have lived in SA for 13 years. Colored people are considered colored and not black and they are strongly racially divided.

[@HeartBreakHigh]

Yup, very strongly divided. This is why it’s a lobity her ever calling herself blk

[@creatorloving3628]

Trevor Noah has been explaining this for Years. Tyla is tired, South Africans are tired.

[@eugenaarnold3965]

Stay over there then. We didn’t ask y’all to come over here. Y’all want to come here for our money. Stay there if y’all that tired 😒

[@creatorloving3628]

@@eugenaarnold3965 Like anybody' s forcing anyone to pull money out their pockets. Maybe focus less on other people's lives and maybe you can actually get some of " your money". The world really doesn't revolve around American Politics, that's what we're tired of explaining.

[@gregorydearham1801]

@@eugenaarnold3965 I mean you did ask her to come there? Why do you think she came to america the goodness of her heart? Ofcourse its money and theres nothing wrong with that; The problem is that Americans are uncomfortable with anything outside of their own culture.

[@siphoradebeer7456]

​@@eugenaarnold3965imagine a slave in America telling us where to go... u have no shame

[@arthurlara4282]

I don't think she was being offense at all. The African-American loss if identity crisis just doesn't exist where she's from. Study history and South Africa was terrible. The fact that the oppressed are being strong has nothing to do with Americans. Meet an African, let her be. The richest person to ever exist was from South Africa, Elon. Africa is a continent not a country. The smartest people in the world are from Nigeria. Don't apply US culture to the rest of the world

[@Star-Mac10]

We don't claim this tragedy anyway. She can stay where she is...over there.

[@tondaniraluswinga2590]

We also don't claim her. Over here😂😂😂

[@MaryJaneJones.]

Damn.

[@sufi8903]

​@@tondaniraluswinga2590 aowa wena

[@sufi8903]

She didn't ask you to claim her....her coloured people claim her...what's so complex about that

[@tondaniraluswinga2590]

@@sufi8903 I'm sorry I don't like this girl not see the talent. I prefer Elaine

[@LumkaJwara]

She spoke about this in a Cosmo interview and that should have been enough. That was a safe space for her to do so. Peter Rosenberg came out and said alot of what Ctha was asking was questions they were told not to ask about. So she was graceful enough to still go through those questions and the team came through when they knew it would be used as a sound bit and not be understood the way it should.

[@LoriaEvadon2155]

Tyla NEVER said she is black. She said she never denied her blackness. TYLA IS COLOURED. If you cant READ, that's not our fault. Get over it.

[@blomobloom9639]

😂another angry colored?? It's okay. I think we black people need stop forcing people unto us

[@irvingvance4171]

I'm trying to figure out how lailah even personally knows this woman.

[@Neldahalgryn]

Which woman just say her name

[@aavalestormiconicperformer]

She never denied it, it's a classification in her country. In some parts of Africa they dont calls themselves a color. They say Nigerian, Congoles etc. Obviously they are melanated and don't have to say a shade because they mostly do that here in America.

[@MatselisoMosebi-vc8qs]

Was the question about how she identifies as racially even necessary?Charlamaigne knows she is from South Africa. That should have been enough.The question was bullying and intimidating and very unnecessary.

[@alancampbell764]

Nah your personal opinion here is just misinformed. She does not perceive herself to be a step above black at all. She is Coloured in South Africa which is not a derogatory term here in South Africa. It's a whole racial classification with a whole culture attached to it. Her racial identity is based on the South African racial politics. I think that the issue here is that the American market is placing their racial identity politics and expecting other countries to fall into line with that. To deny her racial identity is just insane especially when she comes from South Africa; a place that has a past of subjugating people based on their racial identity... Less than 50 years ago.

[@MoneyGreen]

Non FBA are no longer welcomed here

[@MiracleMorris]

How about you go?

[@tytypartridge3135]

You are in control of youtube comment section? Better do you control immigration. FBA are the biggest clowns.

[@MoneyGreen]

@@MiracleMorris Go where b***h? I'm from here

[@MoneyGreen]

@@MiracleMorris yuck 🤮

[@jeffrey-Epstein00]

Y'all have no power to stop anything 😂

[@Samariz24]

She’s so young my goodness, i hope she can recover from this mess.

[@justrandom4304]

I think it's important for everyone (Especially my Americans) to learn that not every South African/ African talent is going to be like Trevor Noah and have the capacity to be the World History Encyclopedia to educate you on the various racial categories in SA. Tyla wasn't even born when the category was distinguished by the Apartheid government. Also, YOU CREATED GOOGLE! Please use it! And let Tyla dance and sing her way to her dreams in peace!

[@dearbrave4183]

Tyla: I'm coloured B A: No you're black, and a colourist Tyla: I am coloured in SA but if outside SA calling me black is what makes you happy, go ahead BA: See ! Appropriation, she's not black Also BA: if she doesn't want to be called black her career won't make it in US Realistic people: she has already won a grammy, and is constantly invited to American shows because she has American fans who love her for her, her music and her coloured ethnicity And aren't trying to dangle their approval in front of her in exchange for her denying her identity. And more than that , she's an African darling, with fans all over africa too. Despite the loud haters, her audience is global. And they're are a multitude of loyal and silent supporters. Every smart artist wants these kind of fans. Britney Spears wasn't freed thanks to the manipulative conditional fans who threatened to withdraw support if she didn't dance to their tune. Britney was saved by her fans who loved her for her, all she was and for her music. This is why despite being so inactive for so long, she was still able to break records with her new book release . These are the kind of fans Tyla needs and she can only attract and maintain them if she's willing to ignore or lose the dramatic and threatening bunch. She exudes femininity, joy, fun, beauty, laughter , love, and peace and many more beautiful attributes. So anyone who is aggressive is clearly in her crowd for the wrong reasons and is definitely not her person, but a disruptor. Again , there are black Americans , white, Asians and Latin Americans, african diaspora, south Africans, other Africans who like her for her, and for her music. And also love her for being coloured and aren't trying to change her. it's because of those fans that she's in the US. So those with ultimatums and conditional love can stop the noise, she'll still be ok without them.

[@lexiiiiig]

🎯

[@siphoradebeer7456]

Let's go Tygers!!!!

[@Kholmi.28]

Oh my goodness! Americans are mad when she says she's Coloured and mad when she says she's Black. She must just come home cause we love and understand her.🇿🇦 ❤️Though I do agree that she could've taken the opportunity on TBC, why are people interrogating her on her race? This obsession with her ethnicity is weird.

[@Tese-n4t]

She’s colored it’s a real thing it doesn’t have anything with social hierarchy and if you know anything about history of South Africa they have suffered under apartheid too let’s not try to judge people it’s her heritage. There are so many facets about race that we do know or understand within our own culture let alone some else’s