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“Loss of life has tragically knocked at our door. Robbing us of our beloved son, brother and grandson,” learn the assertion, which was unsigned and posted to Costa Titch’s Instagram account. The assertion went on to thank “emergency responders and all these current in his final hours on this earth.”
Movies posted on social media appeared to indicate Costa Titch droop ahead whereas performing. In a single, an unidentified man onstage catches him and helps him up, after which the rapper continues his efficiency. However a couple of seconds later, he seems to break down once more.
The movies couldn’t be independently verified. Costa Titch was scheduled to perform Saturday evening on the Extremely Music Competition in Nasrec, a suburb of Johannesburg. Neither competition organizers nor the South African Police Service couldn’t be instantly reached for remark Sunday.
On-line, followers and fellow artists expressed disappointment and dismay over the information of the rapper’s demise. “RIP Costa Titch. Nice expertise gone too quickly,” tweeted the South African and American artist Leslie Jonathan Mampe Jr., who goes by Da L.E.S.
The Southern African Music Rights Group, a copyright group that represents artists within the nation, supplied “heartfelt condolences” to Costa Titch’s household.
It was the second high-profile demise in South Africa’s dynamic rap scene in just some weeks. Kiernan Forbes, 35, who glided by the stage identify AKA, died final month after he was shot exterior a restaurant in Durban, on the nation’s southeastern coast. AKA and Costa Titch released an album together in 2021.