Nigerian megastar Burna Boy has reacted to the news of the death of South African superstar rapper AKA who passed on 10th February 2023.
Burna Boy took to his Instagram story on 12th February, 2023, to share his shock at the death of South African rapper AKA who was killed in Durban South Africa on his birthday.
He described the news as shocking and sad as it took him out of a positive mood. Burna Boy went further to say that while he wasn’t cordial with AKA, he never wanted him dead.
The Grammy winner further shared that he hopes the authorities apprehends those who killed the late rapper even as he hopes he rests in peace albeit that they didn’t share a cordial relationship before his death.
Burna Boy and AKA famously collaborated on the hit single ‘All Eyez On Me’ which won a MAMA award for Best Hip Hop. The duo also appeared on ‘Paid’ by South African rapper Da Les and on ‘Special Someone’ by Ghanaian superstar rapper Sarkodie.
While it was unclear when and why the two fell out, they had a Twitter spat after AKA tweeted about how he despised South Africa’s Bafana Bafana always losing to Nigeria’s Super Eagles.
Until his death, AKA was one of Africa’s most celebrated rappers who had many awards and hundreds of millions in streams to his name. He is set to be buried on Saturday, 18th February 2023 at a private burial in South Africa. There will also be a memorial in his honour on Friday, 17th February 2023.
His family has also announced that his upcoming album ‘Mass Country’ which is due on February 24, 2023, would be released as scheduled.
In an announcement on AKA’s social media pages, the family revealed that they intend to proceed with the release of the late rapper’s upcoming ‘Mass Country’ album as a way to honour his legacy.
“The family continues to celebrate the life of their son. To honour his legacy, they are choosing to continue with the release of the ‘Mass Country’ album on the 24th February 2023 as planned,” the press release reads.
The co-executive producer of the album, Nivo was quoted in the press release saying: “The team was extremely blessed to work so closely on the project with Kiernan. We spent a lot of time mapping out this roll-out and creating all the content we have under his direction.
“Kiernan worked tremendously hard on this project. He put his heart and soul into it, and we were blessed that he got the opportunity to map out this entire roll-out and approve all the elements, so what will be coming out will be as per his direction and his vision…” Nivo stated.
Managing Director at Sony Music Entertainment Africa Sean Watson said: “Our hearts are broken. We’ve lost not only an icon but someone who was dear to us as a member of the Sony Music Family…”
Kiernan Jarryd Forbes widely known as AKA and Supamega was killed on his birthday on 10th February 2023 in Florida Durban, South Africa. The rapper suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head in what was a pre-meditated attack.
Tributes have been pouring all across Africa in honour of the late rapper whose career spanned over a decade and greatly impacted the South African Hip Hop scene. His upcoming album ‘Mass Country’ is scheduled for release on February 24th, 2023 and it will continue his legacy.
