Johannesburg- iFani is at the forefront of drumming up support from other musicians for the Wits SRC's Access campaign, which aims to raise R10 million for students with outstanding debt.
After donating R50K himself, iFani started a Twitter trend called #WillYouRespond to challenge other musicians to heed the call.
The first musician to respond to iFani's challenge was Cassper Nyovest, who matched iFani's donation of R50K.
However, iFani's efforts to raise support for the campaign went wrong when Twitter users, including DJ Shimza, lashed out at him for apparently calling out musicians who couldn't donate to the campaign.
It seems like the misunderstanding started when iFani tweeted a response, which he got from the Major League gang.
Twitter users dug into iFani for exposing musicians who could not accept the challenge for their own personal reasons.
iFani has since deleted the tweet, which caused the commotion and has apologised to Major League publicly and personally.
Here's what went down...
Is it necessary to call people out? It could be that they also have their own worthy causes to support #JustAsking https://t.co/UqvgjKdR78
— Dj Shimza (@Shimza_dj) February 15, 2016
As u kno my DJ, u & i spoke on the phone. I only go to Twitter after agreeing offline with the people. No call outs. https://t.co/ePs24OUjr6
— iFani (@iFani_Haymani) February 15, 2016
@iFani_Haymani as a brother I just feel it was not cool to call out @MAJORLEAGUEDJZ like that, we are all brothers of the same struggle
— Dj Shimza (@Shimza_dj) February 15, 2016
I think you misinterpreted my tweet. But i see wat u may be seeing & i apologise @MAJORLEAGUEDJZ . Tweet deleted. https://t.co/4szPNlAGvy
— iFani (@iFani_Haymani) February 15, 2016
#WillYouRespond is not abt exposin anyone. I sincerely apologise to any1 who thinks I did that. Jst spoke to @MAJORLEAGUEDJZ & all is well.??
— iFani (@iFani_Haymani) February 15, 2016
I kno I already apologised bt I wanna apologise one mo time to @MAJORLEAGUEDJZ for tweeting their response. It was a real flop from my side
— iFani (@iFani_Haymani) February 16, 2016
Okay, so now that we all know they've resolved the issue, let's get back to the good news aspect of this story.
Here's a look at iFani and Cassper handing over cheques for R50 K each...
I donated R50k @CassperNyovest did the same. @MAJORLEAGUEDJZ wl u match ths for #Access by @WitsSRC? #WillYouRespond pic.twitter.com/PDijPRNDPe
— iFani (@iFani_Haymani) February 15, 2016
S/O to @CassperNyovest 4 respondin to the #WillYouRespond challenge. R50k in the bag @MAJORLEAGUEDJZ #WillYouRespond pic.twitter.com/vtXrK3Y2F3
— iFani (@iFani_Haymani) February 15, 2016