![]() ![]() South Africa has one of the world’s highest murder rates. In 2007, reggae singer Lucky Dube was dropping off his teenage son at a relative’s home when gunmen shot him three times at close range during a botched hijacking. Gun violence in South Africa previously killed of one of Africa’s most beloved international artists. Last November, a star of the house music sub-genre Amapiano, Oupa Sefoka – known as “DJ Sumbody” – was killed alongside his bodyguard in a drive-by shooting in Johannesburg. She called on authorities “to protect South Africans from this new scourge of what seems to be contract and revenge killings where performing artists and DJs seem to be targeted”. Hours before his death, Forbes posted on Twitter about his upcoming album, Mass Country, which is set for release later this month.īeauty Dlulane, who heads a parliamentary committee on arts and culture, condemned the killing, describing it as a “hit”. He was booked to perform at a club on Friday night, according to Durban city mayor, Mxolisi Kaunda. The 35-year-old began his musical career as part of the rap group Entity before launching his solo career.įorbes won multiple South African awards, was nominated several times for a Black Entertainment Television (BET) Award in the United States, and was once nominated for an MTV Europe Music Award. “Our son was loved, and he gave love in return.” “It is with extreme sadness that we acknowledge the passing of our beloved son,” his parents Tony and Lynn Forbes said in a statement posted on AKA’s Twitter account. ![]() The motive of the killing is under investigation. Kiernan Forbes was killed with his close friend, chef and entrepreneur Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane as they were walking towards their car from a restaurant. ![]() One of South Africa’s leading rap artists, popularly known as AKA, has been shot dead in the coastal city of Durban, along with a friend, his family said on Saturday. ![]()
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