28-year-old South African rapper Costa Titch dies after collapsing on stage
3 min readBy AFP
JOHANNESBURG: The South African rapper Costa Titch died on stage whereas performing, police mentioned Sunday, as they opened an investigation within the circumstances of the 28-year-old’s sudden dying.
The artist “collapsed while he was performing” on Saturday night on the Ultra South Africa live performance within the Johannesburg suburb of Nasrec, police informed AFP.
They mentioned a autopsy would set up the reason for dying.
Costa Titch scored a serious hit with “Big Flexa,” which has greater than 45 million Youtube views, showcasing the amapiano native subgenre of home music mixing home, jazz and lounge music.
Videos on social media of his live performance Saturday present him performing along with his microphone in hand when he seems to fall. He continues singing however collapses once more, prompting different artists to return to his assist.
Costa Titch, whose actual identify is Costa Tsobanoglou, died a month on from the assassination of one other common South African rapper Kiernan Forbes, often known as AKA.
Forbes was shot useless outdoors a Durban restaurant and an investigation is ongoing into what has been seen as a probable contract killing.
Tributes swiftly appeared for Titch on Sunday with Julius Malema, chief of radical leftist get together EFF, posting a picture of a damaged coronary heart alongside Costa Titch’s identify on social media.
The Southern African Music Rights Organisation wrote on Twitter: “SAMRO is saddened by the passing of popular rapper Costa Tsobanoglou, better known as Costa Titch. Heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and broader music industry.”
RIP Costa Titch pic.twitter.com/zQN4pvl6hD
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JOHANNESBURG: The South African rapper Costa Titch died on stage whereas performing, police mentioned Sunday, as they opened an investigation within the circumstances of the 28-year-old’s sudden dying.
The artist “collapsed while he was performing” on Saturday night on the Ultra South Africa live performance within the Johannesburg suburb of Nasrec, police informed AFP.
They mentioned a autopsy would set up the reason for dying.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Costa Titch scored a serious hit with “Big Flexa,” which has greater than 45 million Youtube views, showcasing the amapiano native subgenre of home music mixing home, jazz and lounge music.
Videos on social media of his live performance Saturday present him performing along with his microphone in hand when he seems to fall. He continues singing however collapses once more, prompting different artists to return to his assist.
Costa Titch, whose actual identify is Costa Tsobanoglou, died a month on from the assassination of one other common South African rapper Kiernan Forbes, often known as AKA.
Forbes was shot useless outdoors a Durban restaurant and an investigation is ongoing into what has been seen as a probable contract killing.
Tributes swiftly appeared for Titch on Sunday with Julius Malema, chief of radical leftist get together EFF, posting a picture of a damaged coronary heart alongside Costa Titch’s identify on social media.
The Southern African Music Rights Organisation wrote on Twitter: “SAMRO is saddened by the passing of popular rapper Costa Tsobanoglou, better known as Costa Titch. Heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and broader music industry.”
RIP Costa Titch pic.twitter.com/zQN4pvl6hD
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