Malawian hip-hop legend Phyzix has finally addressed Crispy Malawi’s resurfacing 2022 diss post, which accused him of deleting his verse from their collaboration on the song DoGa.
The post, which has sparked debates online, saw Crispy Malawi also known as Spe, claiming that Phyzix removed his verse, leading to the song flopping within 48 hours. In his original post, Crispy wrote:
“We Took the ‘Landlord’ Title from Gwamba Until the Ghetto Truly Recognizes It (NB: Let’s Wait for the Judges and Jah Jah). We Took the ‘King of the Ghetto’ Title from Phyzix Long Ago Mandem is a Sellout, Trying to Take Advantage of Us Too Much. He Deleted My Verse (Claiming He Was Complaining About the Hook), and That Song Flopped Within 48 Hours, Even Though It Featured One of Blantyre’s Best Trappers, Hayze Engola. The Real Kings of the Ghetto Are Silent in the Ghetto.”
Following numerous tags from fans pressing him for a response, Phyzix has finally broken his silence. Commenting on the same post, he denied ever deleting Spe’s verse and clarified the situation:
“This story is quite funny to me, but I’ve deliberately ignored it for years. Now, I want to clarify things for the record. In 2021, Hayze and I finally decided to collaborate on a song. RichardBilly sent me an amazing beat, and the concept was DoGa a track where Dobadoba and Gamba trade bars. The focus was on Phyzix and Hayze Engolah for the verses, but we needed a strong chorus.
To make it unique, I chose to have two choruses one by SevenOMore, whom I’m a big fan of, and another by Crispy Mw, whom I had worked with before on Sober, Zibwente, Ntopola, and Mistake. SevenOMore sent his chorus, and it was done. I then arranged for Crispy Mw to travel to Blantyre and record his chorus at Stich Fray’s studio.
Since it was a business day, I was at the office, so I simply picked him up and dropped him off at the studio. I wasn’t there for creative control. I had specifically asked him for a chorus because I was impressed by what he did on Sober. However, when I later went to the studio, I found that Crispy Mw had recorded not only the chorus but also a verse which I had never requested.
Instead of deleting it, as he later claimed, I included it at the end of the song as an outro. His verse was never removed it’s still there. Anyone can listen to the last part of the song and hear it. The reason his verse wasn’t part of the main track was that it didn’t fit the DoGa concept. Unless the plan was to make it DoGa ,Spe which it wasn’t!”
Phyzix’s response has given people a hist to what exactly happened and has further sparked discussions on socail media, with fans taking sides in the ongoing debate over the alleged verse removal.