What Happened To Patrick Shai And Cassper Nyovest?
In 2022, Rapper Cassper Nyovest shared his first tweet after the news of the death of actor Patrick Shai saying “Only God knows”.
Gwitsi modimo. 🙏🏿
— Don Billiato (@casspernyovest) January 22, 2022
The veteran actor had died on a Saturday.
“It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of the veteran actor Ntate Patrick Shai. He passed away this morning (January 22, 2022),” the family said in a statement.
Cassper’s tweet — seemingly in response to Shai’s death which topped the Twitter trends list — got 3.4k retweets and over 20k likes in less than an hour.
CASSPER: If there’s one thing is regret about my fame is how my family has been disrespected by strangers. I try so hard to be about my own business but it’s always shit like this and I have to keep it moving to protect my brand cause brands will never understand. This is too much man.
What did Cassper Nyovest do/say to the old man? 😭 pic.twitter.com/Pk1Lq4zA6K
— Rethabile Ntshinga (@RethaNtshinga) January 17, 2022
In the rapper’s comments section — which had over 300 comments — many agreed with his shared sentiment that “Modimo” translates to ‘Only God knows’, including EFF leader Julius Malema.
- Cassper’s tweet also landed him on the Twitter trends list as tweeps discussed how he must be feeling after the old man’s death, especially considering their last “interaction”.
- This because the actor hogged headlines recently after he called out Cassper for an invitation to participate in one of his celebrity boxing ring matches.
- The late actor was slammed on social media for his choice of words and had to retract his videos and issue an apology to Cassper, the rapper’s mother and SA.
- An apology the rapper seemingly rejected.
Cassper Nyovest Had Called Patrick Shai A ‘Clout Chaser’ After His Apology
Rapper Cassper Nyovest labelled The River actor Patrick Shai as a “clout chaser” after issuing an apology to him for throwing insults at his mother.
These are some weird times yo. When everyone runs of out of ideas to trend they just think “Cassper Nyovest”. https://t.co/kLErqVDQ7J
— Don Billiato (@casspernyovest) January 18, 2022
The veteran actor swallowed his words on Monday after receiving backlash for mentioning Cassper’s mother in his promo video challenging the rapper to a boxing match.
“Before I die I want to make sure that I’ve beat you so that on my tombstone they can write this is the man who beat Caster or Costa or whatever your sh*t name is … Come you son of a b*tch,” Patrick said.
Apology After Disrespect
- After disrespecting Cassper Nyovest’s mother, actor Patrick Shai issued an apology.
- Local veteran actor Patrick Shai had then become the talk of social media after a video of him circulated on social media spitting fire aimed at rapper Cassper.
- The weird moment has left many social media users and Cassper himself in confusion as to how and why this instance occurred.
- The veteran actor best known for his roles in “Soul City”, “Generations” and “Yizo Yizo” has now gained fame as a clout chaser following his latest antics.
- It is unclear what sparked the veteran actor’s attack on the rapper, but following the online backlash from Cassper fans and the rapper himself, Shai has issued an apology.
In his apology video, Shai apologises to Cassper for his strong language usage towards his mother.
Shai explains he should have known better as an older person and profusely apologised to the rapper for using vulgar language towards his mother.
“I should have as an adult. My apologies, I humbly, from the bottom of my heart, apologise for having used such strong language towards your mom.
“Even though the challenge would’ve been an ideal thing but now it has been soured by what I said.
“I apologise from the bottom of my heart, please forgive me and forgive me South Africans. I am regretting every bit of the last sentence. That I used, I’m sorry.” he said.
The actor may have apologised, but the moment certainly did not sit well with the artist of the decade recipient.
Cassper also took aim at the actor for using his name to trend on social media.
“These are some weird times yo. When everyone runs of out of ideas to trend they just think ‘Cassper Nyovest,” he tweeted.
Cassper Nyovest Broke His Silence After Actor Patrick Shai’s Death
Cassper’s tweet also landed him on the Twitter trends list as tweeps discussed how he must be feeling after the old man’s death, especially considering their last “interaction”.
Cassper’s tweet — seemingly in response to Shai’s death which topped the Twitter trends list — got 3.4k retweets and over 20k likes in less than an hour.
In the rapper’s comments section — which had over 300 comments — many agreed with his shared sentiment that “Modimo” which translates to ‘Only God knows’, including EFF leader Julius Malema.
