The family of late South African rapper, Kiernan Forbes, otherwise called AKA is ready to release his upcoming album, Mass Country.
Late Forbes had shared several posts about his new album on his social media platforms slated for release in February 2023.
Meanwhile, “to honour his legacy,” his family released a press statement shared via the artiste’s official Instagram page on Thursday, stating their interest to proceed with the release as scheduled in order
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Part of the statement read:
“With the nation engulfed with the grief of the tragic and untimely passing of Kiernan ‘AKA Forbes, the Forbes family have acknowledged the outpouring of support and love from South Africa and beyond.
“The family continues to celebrate the life of their son. To honour his legacy, they are choosing to continue with the release of the mass country album on the 24th February 2023 as planned.”
The statement also revealed that the production of the album spanned two years, and became “AKA’s entire world” during that time.
Before his death, the rapper had wished that ‘Company,’ a track featuring Nigeria’s Kiddominant would be released on Friday, while the whole album was set to be released next week.
AKA was killed alongside his close friend, Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane, in a drive-by shooting at Durban, South Africa, on Friday night.
The shooting occurred outside a restaurant.
The gunman had approached AKA from behind and shot him at close range in the side of the head.
A second gunman then started firing to deter onlookers from responding to the “hit.”
One of these rounds killed AKA’s friend, KwaZulu-Natal police chief Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi said.
