‘Do what we pay you for, b**ch!’: Nota rants at JMPD [watch]
Nota Baloyi took his disdain for traffic – and the Johannesburg Metro Police – to another level in an Instagram Live video.
Getting stuck in traffic is enough to make anyone go starking raving mad, but controversial muso Nota Baloyi took things too far when he dished out insults at several Johannesburg Metro Police officers along the roadside.
The rapper – known for his wild outburst – took the traffic officers to task for “not directing traffic at a red robot”
And Nota made it personal too, going as far as to offend the men and women with scathing comments.
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NOTA HAS TRAFFIC TIFF WITH METRO POLICE
In an Instagram Live video, Nota admonished the metro police for not navigating the traffic on William Nicol Drive.
He ranted in a clip that was shared on Twitter: “You can’t stop me, I’m doing what I want. I’m showing you that you don’t do your job. I’m making you famous”
Nota then compared himself to the metro police, adding: “Shut up, wena….I don’t need to work, I’m not like you. I finished matric, you are a fool! Why are you wearing a badge for minimum wage?”
Threatening, to sue the cop who tried to pull his phone, Nota then insulted the police officers over their appearance.
“You disgrace your family….sies!”, he added.
Clearly angered, one of the metro police officers responded: “You’re not right in the head…you need help…Go wash your face”
In another rant, Nota claimed he was “taking the power back” on behalf of South Africans.
“These cops been abusing their power for too long, it’s time somebody abuses power back. Power to the people! Taxpayers are taking the power back
“Motherf**king cops give you problems, call me! You’re not directing traffic, you’re causing it..that’s your job… that’s what we pay you for. Do what we pay you for, b**ch”.
TWEEPS ARE DIVIDED ON RANT
Many tweeps expressed their shock – and concern – at Nota’s rant at police officials. Others wondered why the metro police did not take action against the entertainer’s public outburst.
@ThisIsColbert: “NOTA dropped an SA version of this Kanye West rant. Telling JMPD police nothing but nonsense”
@Kideo_Mah: “It will take just one police slap to Nota and he gets back to his senses”
@ernest_tobeni: “They must charge him with interference he can’t go around insulting police officers on duty. He has issues this guy need help”
@syddagama: “If I was a metro cop I’d rather lose my job than listen to someone insulting me. I hate condescending people”
@Dontsa17: “I wish Nota can come and do this in Cape Town. They were going to fine him for obstruction and arrest him for refusal to take a lawful instruction”
@Maleka4Lerato: “Why are they not arresting him?”
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Others claimed that there was some truth behind Nota’s rant.
@Shady_reign: “He was telling them the truth, SAPS/Metro is useless”
@iamVentWELL_SA: “Someone must deal with JMPD and TMPD. I’m Glad Nota did. Traffic officers in SA are so disrespectful and they get away with it”
@GaryTidoStark: “His approach is wrong, but our traffic cops fail with dealing with traffic control”
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