Police announced Sunday that they had begun an inquiry into the 28-year-old rapper Costa Titch’s untimely death, which occurred while he was performing on stage.
At the Ultra South Africa festival on Saturday night in the Johannesburg suburb of Nasrec, the performer “collapsed as he was playing,” according to the police, who spoke to AFP.
A post-mortem, according to them, would determine the cause of death.
More than 45 million people have viewed Costa Titch’s song “Big Flexa,” which features the Amapiano, or “the pianos,” a local type of house music that combines house, jazz, and lounge music.
Videos of his show posted on social media He was seen performing on Saturday with his microphone in hand when he looked to stumble. He carries on singing but falls again, causing other musicians to assist him.
A month after the murder of AKA, another well-known South African rapper, Costa Titch, whose true name was Costa Tsobanoglou, passed away.
The shooting death of Forbes at a restaurant in Durban is being investigated as what appears to have been a contract killing.
The leader of the extreme leftist party EFF, Julius Malema, posted a picture of a shattered heart beside Costa Titch’s name on social media, and tributes to Titch poured in quickly on Sunday.
On Twitter, the Southern African Music Rights Organisation stated: “The demise of well-known rapper Costa Tsobanoglou, often known as Costa Titch, saddens SAMRO.” “Sincere sympathies go out to his family, friends, and the music community as a whole.”
“Godspeed, Costa Titch. premature loss of great talent, “rapper Da L.E.S. tweeted.
