Black Twitter goes berserk over Maps comments

Johannesburg - Maps Maponyane was having just another Tuesday night. Then he decided to tweet this; "I just read that the word 'Xhosa' is derived from the Khoisan language and means 'angry men'. It all makes sense. (sic)"

Shortly after that a storm erupted on social media.

In just an hour, over 40k tweets were directed at him, most attacking him and questioning what he actually does.

What does maps maponyane do besides wear glasses?

— King Wavvy (@caseywaves) October 13, 2015

Maps quickly deleted the tweet and apologised for his message.

Deleted my tweet because it was stupid. It wasn't aimed at offending anyone. Apologies for what was clearly not thought through. I'm sorry.

— Maps Maponyane (@MapsMaponyane) October 13, 2015

But that didn't stop the tirade from going on and on...

Maps Maponyane deleted the tweet but still we don't care. We should teach him some lesson nyana. Yeeeeerrrr

— #VusimuziNtombela (@CallMeVoto) October 13, 2015

Soon he was trending...

"Maps" is now trending at rank 1 in South Africa

— TrendieZA - Trends (@TrendieZA) October 13, 2015

And he said sorry (ish) again. (He pinned this old tweet to the top of his timeline again).

Adulting can really suck. Sometimes I wish I was still kidding.

— Maps Maponyane (@MapsMaponyane) October 5, 2015