The ‘Strong One’ Etana has come under much fire for a

squabble she had on Twitter with media personality Nikki Z.

Earlier this week Nikki Z posted a photo of her and

Etana with the hashtag #loclife. The hashtag was created by Ava Duvernay after

an incident in Chicago where black men’s dreadlocks were being cut so that they

could live a better life, according to Sally Havelgrove, the founder and executive

director of Chicago-based Crushers Club.

“Let’s replace those images of a Trump supporter

gleefully cutting a young black man’s locs to give him a “better life” … with

the beauty and majesty of life with locs. If you adorn yourself with natural

locs, share your pictures with the hashtag #loclife. I’ll start. xo,” DuVernay

tweeted.

Nikki Z wanted to support the hashtag, so she posted a

photo of her and Etana. Etana quickly responded, saying: “Leave me out of your

political Tweets. I will talk about and get involved in what I choose.”

Surprised by the response, Nikki calmly defended

herself. “Did not even think of it in any offensive way… just grabbed the first

cute pic with my locs. No offense was meant, but I get you,” she said on

Twitter.

The matter escalated when Etana referred to called

Nikki Z as an “industry mattress” in her response.

“I see the industry mattress coming at me but I know

enough about such a character to know they just need a hug,” Etana said.

That response did not go down well with several social

media users, who said that Etana had gone too far.

“I thought Etana was a conscious woman, but when she

said she voted for Trump I knew she lost her mind,” one social media user said.

Another user commented: “Etana too much… Smh”

Later Saturday evening, Etana sounded her truth in a

voice note on the matter, noting that Nikki Z explained she had no recent

“cute” photo, and the one they took at Reggae Sumfest in July was the

only one. She added that she is all for togetherness and love among

women.

In putting the matter behind her, Nikki Z took to Instagram

where she made a post about the incident.

“I posted a pic because that picture is beautiful and

showed power #melanin Power… the big puffy afro, the locs. There

was no other thought behind it,” she said. “We spoke, we understood, and we are

both past it. I forgive and forget. She has apologised for what she said and I

for the misunderstanding.”