Cape Town – South African rapper Kwesta says he was the one who told Yanga Chief about the news of AKA’s death and the rapper recalled what a terrible time it was for him.
Appearing on the PopCast podcast, Kwesta spoke about many things, including his time in the music industry, working with US rapper Rick Ross and a possible upcoming Kwaito album with Kabza De Small.
“The only other person I called after hearing about Kiernan [“AKA” Forbes] was Yanga and I wanted an explanation of sorts of ‘what do you know?’, and he just found out from me. Which is a terrible thing because when you [are] asking the questions you realise this person doesn’t know [what] the f*ck you’re talking about. Now you have to sort of treat the conversation differently. It immediately changes, because now you’re bearing this news,” he said.
Kwesta also said he had personal relationships with AKA and Riky Rick and so he lost a lot more than just colleagues in the industry.
Yanga Chief revealed that he was determined not to let the legacies of AKA, and fellow artist Costa Titch, die.
“Waking up to this reality daily is heavy to bear. So many conversations I wish had gone differently. The arrogance to think ‘we still have time’. Will we ever get over ourselves sisaphila? I’m beyond grateful for what we created, Forbes. Not just songs, not just memories, but we actually changed people’s lives,” he told TimesLIVE.
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Compiled by Matthew Petersen
