Tinashe Makes 'Joke' About North West Amid ZaZa Drama; Fans Aren't Happy

Tinashe is offering no apologies for a jab she took at Kim Kardashian’s oldest daughter.

The “2 On” singer mentioned North West's name in a comment under an Instagram post, which called out the Kardashian-West family for remixing child star ZaZa’s song “What I do" without giving credit, on Tuesday.

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in July of 2019, ZaZa & her dad went into the studio for the ultimate experience! To finally begin making the music she wanted to make. We take PRIDE in creativity, and believe whether a child’s involved or an adult... creativity deserves RESPECT/homage! What @kimkardashian (Kanye west) are doing with their daughter... with the inspiration of ZaZa & our family in mind is okay... we not mad BUT . . PLS SHOW LOVE AND SUPPORT TO THE ORIGINAL FIRST!!! We admire Kanye west, and adore his journey. However, we don’t wanna feel like our daughter’s journey in the world of entertainment is being STIFLED . . THANK YOU! _ . . #ZaZaChallenge #WhatIDo #ThatsANoNo #ZaZa #BlackGirlMagic #blackgirlsrock #HypeKids #hypebae #redcarpetgirlz #explorepage #viral #yeezyseason8 #kanyewest #kimkardashian
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The 27-year-old wrote under the post: “North West wishes”

Kardashian also commented on the post adding that she and North were big fans of 5-year-old ZaZa.

The mom of four said: “We love you, North is a huge fan and records in the studio all the time with her dad and is inspired by ZaZa and loves Lay Lay too! Today’s performance of North’s remix of ZaZa’s song was something she asked to do at the last minute and a complete surprise. I didn’t mean to not give credit where credit was due. Would love for the girls to meet soon.”

However, Kardashian’s post didn’t distract fans from Tinashe’s comment, which received over 4,100 likes and over 1,000 replies. Most users called out the singer for addressing North in the way that she did.

One user replied: “Don’t be hatin’ on a 6-year-old cause she more famous than you and has more style... Ewww that’s shameful”

Singer Justine Skye chimed in: “You mad?”

Another fan wrote:” lol you’re picking on a child. Petty.”

“She is a child totally unnecessary and we all sing other people songs smh,” someone else added.

Tinashe addressed the backlash on Twitter by stating that her comment was being blown out of proportion.

“It was a [expletive] joke y’all seriously dragging it,” the singer wrote. “Y’all really acting As if I personally reached out to the little girl like she even on the gram like I’m [expletive] sick of everyone being so [expletive] self-righteous Plssssssssssss”

Some of the “Player”artist’s fans came to her defense calling out others for being sensitive.

I swear y’all just like to be mad about stuff. Yes it was a joke, lighten up.
— TINASHE (@Tinashe) March 3, 2020

A fan tweeted: “You just said what everybody was thinking. I’ll stand behind your comment. It’s all good”

@Tinashe it's funny how everyone can troll and make jokes but when someone in the industry makes a joke in a trolling way all hell breaks loose first off to the people who are offended it wasn't deep at all tinashe has better things to do then to start a internet war.
— jemarquezclark (@Jemarquezclark) March 3, 2020

However, this isn’t Tinashe’s first issue with the Kardashian family. Prior, the singer had a difficult time coping with the fact her ex Ben Simmons was dating Kendall Jenner, US Magazine reports.

“I drank for like six months after that! Are you kidding me? I was like wasted for months. But I’m okay now. It was terrible. It was bad. Like it was bad, but I’m good now,” she said about the day she discovered the news.

However, Simmons reportedly hired additional security guards after noticing the singer at many of the same places he was. One of those encounters occurred in 2018 when Simmons and Jenner were at a club and she was also present.