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Rapper AKA’s posthumous album is an unwieldly suite of tracks

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Just weeks before being gunned down in what appeared to be a hit, South African rapper AKA (Kiernan Forbes) had announced he was ready to release his new album, Mass Country.

After his death, his family decided to go ahead and release the album on schedule as a tribute.

At his memorial service on February 17 in Johannesburg, fellow rapper and frequent collaborator Yanga Chief delivered a remarkable speech. In it, he revealed much of AKA’s creative process.

Yanga said AKA

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