Cape Town – Nadia Nakai, who was dating the late South African rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Jarryd Forbes, has finally broken her silence and paid tribute to her boyfriend.
AKA, also known to his fans as Supamega, died on February 10 after he was gunned down outside Durban restaurant Wish on Florida.
He was 35.
No arrests have been made since his shooting.
The award-winning rapper’s life was honoured with a public memorial on Friday, February 17, at the Sandton Convention Centre. He was laid to rest on Saturday at Westpark Cemetery in Johannesburg.
AKA was buried at the Heroes Acre alongside other celebrities and politicians, in a private ceremony.
Nine days after his death, his girlfriend, Nakai, took to social media to pay tribute to the “Fella In Versace” hitmaker, as she shared several video clips of her and AKA during their beautiful moments together.
She wrote: “My heart is shattered, this is not what our future was meant to look like. I can’t believe I said my final goodbye to you yesterday. I’ll never see you again for the rest of my lifetime? You loved me loud and proud, thank you baby. Protected me, prayed for me, inspired me.
“I find it hard to breath let alone find the words to explain how much I love you. I’m really going to miss all the special moments we’ve had. This really hurts!
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“I can’t come to terms with the fact that I’ll never hear you say you love me, I’ll never hear your laugh. We had plans. There is no pain bigger than the pain of losing you. I thought I was going to spend the rest of my life with you, I realise you’re the one who spent the rest of your life with me.
“I don’t know why things happen the way they do, but I’m questioning God right now. Why would he bring us together to only take you away. I just don’t understand. I don’t know how I’m going to do this, going on with my life without you, I just can’t.
“Rest in peace Kiernan, I love you.”
According to The Citizen, Nadia and AKA were together for more than a year before his brutal murder.
In a 2022 interview with Sowetan, Nadia said that she and AKA would want one day to start a family of their own.
She also spoke about what a great father he was to his daughter Kairo Forbes.
“We didn’t plan to become a couple, it just happened… I’ve witnessed how great he is as a father; of course, I’d love to have his babies one day,” the report quoted her as saying at the time.”
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
