By Katlego Sekhu Nigerian musician Burna Boy breaks his silence of the passing of AKA. Real name Kiernan Forbes, the South African musician, and his friend Tebelleo "Tibz" Motsoane were murdered outside WISH restaurant in Durban on February 10, 2023. Burna Boy shared a verse he wrote for AKA on his Instagram stories. He recalls how broken he was when he saw CCTV footage of the rapper gunned down. He […]
By Katlego Sekhu The Forbes family is living up to their promise to release AKA's music as he had wished. In the early hours of Friday, the late rapper's family and management released his new single Company featuring longtime collaborator Kiddomant. In true Supamega fashion, Company draws from the Afrobeat genre coupled with soothing melodies and South African references. AKA also honours slain Amapiano pioneer DJ Sumbody. Company is available […]
By: Natasha Archary K.O's lawyers have already issued a summons to a social media user for making damaging allegations about the rapper in relation to AKA's murder. It is believe that K.O is taking legal action against former music manager Nota Baloyi, who has been uploading videos accusing a number of artists and AKA's friends for his death. In one of his video tirades, Nota dropped K.O's name on "his […]
By: Natasha Archary Following the senseless killing of rapper Kiernan "AKA" Forbes, South African artist Emtee believes he's next on the hit-list after receiving death threats. The musician whose real name is Mthembeni Ndevu, says he's been receiving death threats for over 2-years, but he's especially worried after DJ Sumbody's murder and now AKA. DJ Sumbody was gunned down in Pretoria in November last year and a few months after […]
Katlego Sekhu Forbes family confirms AKA's Mass Country album release in honour of his legacy. Before his untimely passing on Friday, 10 February 2023, AKA had announced the release of his fourth studio album Mass Country on the 27th of February 2023. According to a statement shared by his family, Mass Country will come out on the 24th of February 2023. The Forbes family notes that over the last two […]
By: Natasha Archary Grammy award-winning artist Zakes Bantwini is triggered by AKA's violent death after his own dad was murdered in a similar fashion last month. The Osama hitmaker has been mourning his father, Sihlangusihle Jeffery Khanyile who was 65-years old. Khanyile was tragically shot four times in the head, and the trauma has resurfaced for Zakes after Kiernan "AKA" Forbes was shot execution-style in Durban on Friday, 10 February. […]
By Zuko Komisa 'Long Live Supa Mega': AKA billboards erected in Johannesburg. The South African rapper AKA's passing has left many South Africans with a heavy heart, and many continue to pay tribute to the icon. A massive billboard has been constructed in his honour on William Nicol Drive. Kaya Biz with Gugulethu Mfuphi spoke to Neo Molefi - Owner of Indaba Billboards & Media about the business of billboards […]
By: Natasha Archary "I wanna have a baby!" These were the words of Nadia Nakai during her last interview with her late partner, Kiernan 'AKA' Forbes before he was murdered. In an interview with the Insider South Africa, Nadia and AKA shared more about how they met, what their relationship is like and what their future plans together entailed. The interview was released a day ago, shortly after the slain […]
By Katlego Sekhu 7 days before AKA was murdered in Durban, the late musician had recorded music with K.O. The musical geniuses were working on a joint album together, K.O confirmed. We can all agree that a collabo between the two is something the game needs. "Exactly 7 days ago, AKA and myself were in the studio recording a precursor single to our long overdue collaborative tape. 7 days later […]
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