AKA, South Africa’s most recognisable name in hip hop, was gunned down with his friend, celebrity chef Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane, outside a restaurant on Durban’s nightlife hub, Florida Road last Friday night.
It’s reported that AKA was killed in a cold-blooded shooting, a recurring theme of gangsta rap culture.
The manner of his death, apparently an orchestrated hit as captured by CCTV footage, is a first in the South African music industry and has had international reverberations.
The 35-year-old AKA was born in Cape Town as Kiernan Jarryd Forbes, and would later also tag himself as Supa Mega or Bhova.
He was based
