![]() Great talent gone too soon," tweeted rapper Da L.E.S. ![]() ![]() Heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and broader music industry." The Southern African Music Rights Organization wrote on Twitter: "SAMRO is saddened by the passing of popular rapper Costa Tsobanoglou, better known as Costa Titch. Tributes swiftly appeared Sunday for Titch with Julius Malema, leader of radical leftist party EFF, posting an image of a broken heart alongside Costa Titch's name on social media. He continues singing but collapses again, prompting other artists to come to his aid.Ĭosta Titch, whose real name is Costa Tsobanoglou, died a month on from the assassination of another popular South African rapper Kiernan Forbes, known as AKA.įorbes was shot dead outside a Durban restaurant and an investigation is ongoing into what has been seen as a likely contract killing. Located in the soon-to-launch South African Hip Hop Museum (opening in 2020), the Hennessy Wall of Fame honours local hip hop royalty and is a partnership between the world’s most loved cognac and Back to the City festival and South African Hip Hop awards founder, Osmic Menoe. Nasty was only 15 when he dropped his first mixtape, 2013’s One Kid a Thousand Coffins. Videos on social media of his concert Saturday show him performing with his microphone in hand when he appears to fall. As he honed his flows and developed his voice, he also took inspiration from South African stars like AKA, who was integral in building a local English-language hip-hop scene in a country where many performers sing in South African languages. ![]() They said a post-mortem would establish the cause of death.Ĭosta Titch scored a major hit with "Big Flexa," which has more than 45 million YouTube views, showcasing the Amapiano or ‘the pianos’ local subgenre of house music blending house, jazz and lounge music. The artist "collapsed while he was performing" Saturday evening at the Ultra South Africa concert in the Johannesburg suburb of Nasrec, police told AFP. The South African rapper Costa Titch died on stage while performing, police said Sunday, as they opened an investigation into the circumstances of the 28-year-old's sudden death. ![]()
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