Kaybee opens up about the burden of black tax and greedy family

Here in South Africa, “black tax” is a norm. In most families, the hardworking and successful are stuck with the difficult task of making sure everyone else is taken care of. While looking after your family is wonderful, sometimes the expectations can be crippling. Local musician Prince Kaybee recently opened up about how hard black tax can be at times.

His post was evidently relatable as many locals headed to the comment section to discuss how black tax is affecting them.

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The truth about black tax

Sometimes being financial stable and successful isn’t as great as it seems — especially when those closest to you start expecting more from you than you can give.

Here in South Africa, most successful people are familiar with the term black tax which refers to an obligation or a deeply ingrained sense of family responsibility.

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Prince Kaybee weighs in

Fetch Your Life hitmaker Prince Kaybee just opened up about how big of a burden black tax can become — especially when family members begin to take advantage.

In a lengthy social media post, the musician slams “greedy” family members.

“The conversation is more idealistic than realistic. If families were a utopia where there were no toxic and exploitive family members, blackmail, guilt, and, to some degree, force young people to fund their lifestyle, then this would be true.

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“We all want to help our families and share what we have, but some family members make us their financial plan. Plenty of young black kids live in depression, and some commit suicide because they are made to feel worthless when they cannot give to greedy families,” he wrote.

The conversation is more idealistic than realistic. If families were an utopia where there were no toxic and exploitative family members blackmail, guilt and to some degree force young people to fund their lifestyle then this would be true.

We all want to help our families and… https://t.co/DnpSqGqMnU

— K A B I L L I O N (@PrinceKaybee_SA) July 4, 2023

His post left other South Africans discussing how they struggle with expectations from their families.

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