The South African Hip Hop industry lost lots of talents to death in one year.
However, AKA and Riky Rick’s death shook the nation and the entertainment industry as they died the same month, which is February.
While Riky Rick took his life after years of battling depression, AKA’s life was brutally taken from him.
Kiernan “AKA” Forbes was shot and killed in Durban on the 10th of February 2023.
Riky died on the 23rd of February 2022.
Since the two passed, photos and videos of the times they bonded together surfaced on the internet, and it has been used to remember them, and their impact on the industry.
See photos and videos below:
Found this video of AKA vibing with Riky ❤️🕊️. This one hit hard💔 pic.twitter.com/83hkUnqYg1
— iGrootman (@AllenMoyo17) February 19, 2023
Found these photos I took of AKA and Riky on my iCloud at one of AKA’s album listening sessions. Had the opportunity to work with both when I still did PR. pic.twitter.com/QXqJE06WEN
— #PrEPa Pig 🏳️🌈 (@Phumlani_PrEP) February 18, 2023
So unreal that both AKA and Riky are gone man.
‘Uliki lik bathi ufile boy
I came back bathukile boy
Aboban-ban, hayi ziwile boy
Mr Forbes bathulile boy” pic.twitter.com/8fto9oG1qY— The Instigator (@Am_Blujay) February 16, 2023
