THE saying “every cloud has a silver lining” rings loud and clear for hip-hop artiste Ariz Ramli, better known as Caprice, who had a minor misunderstanding with a well-known businessman recently.
Caprice, 30, who riled up successful businessman Datuk Aliff Syukri Kamarzaman with a congratulatory message that was mistaken as an insult, has found good use of the misunderstanding by making it material for a song.
“I’m calling it Korang Tak Boleh Blah, which literally means ‘please leave me alone’ and its title is inspired by Aliff’s reply to my comment on him,” said Caprice in an interview with the New Straits Times recently.
He said Korang Tak Boleh Blah is a collaboration with hip-hop singer Sri Rascol, and it talks about how social media influences Malaysians, positively and negatively.
Co-written by both of them, it has lyrics in Malay, English and Tamil.
“My new song is about messages found on social media, how we react to them and our need to be more discerning,” said Caprice.
“However, it doesn’t mention the misunderstanding in which I praised Aliff for his kindness for adopting a baby recently.
“However, I’m dedicating it to him and social media users who believe in using it right!”
Caprice has not informed Aliff about the song, but will eventually do so. “I’m sure he’ll enjoy it.”
On the congratulatory message, which was misunderstood, Caprice admitted that Aliff’s reaction initially “shocked” him because he had always admired the D’Herbs Healthy Sdn Bhd founder as a self-made man.
“I’m glad we ironed things out quickly and apologised to each other. On the bright side, I finally got to know him and also found inspiration for a song.”
The singer is aware that Netizens might criticise him for “riding on Aliff’s popularity”, but he said he had always thought of collaborating with Aliff.
“In the last four years, I’ve done motivational talks in colleges and students requested that I work on a song with Aliff!”
Aliff adopted a baby girl early this month, and apologised to Caprice for the misunderstanding.