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One of South Africa's hottest rap artists, Kiernan Forbes, known as AKA, has been shot dead outside a restaurant in the southeastern city of Durban, ...

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Popular South African rap star Kiernan Forbes, known by his stage name AKA, has been killed in the southeastern city of Durban, his family said.

[one of the world’s highest](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5?locations=ZA&most_recent_value_desc=true) murder rates. He had won multiple South African awards and was previously nominated for “The suspects are reported to have fled from the scene on foot.” Last month, [eight people were killed](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/birthday-party-shooting-in-south-africa-kills-8-injures-3/2023/01/30/d2041862-a0a1-11ed-8b47-9863fda8e494_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_14) and three injured at a shooting at a house party in the country. [paid tribute](https://twitter.com/SAMROMusic/status/1624180406516961281) to the rapper, saying that he had “contributed immensely to the South African music industry.” [told](https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/breaking-kiernan-aka-forbes-killed-in-durban-nightclub-shooting-20230211) South African news outlet News24 that a “well-known rapper” had been killed, but said that police would “not be releasing any names of the victims” pending an investigation.

AKA was counted amongst the best rappers on the continent,” the South African government said in a statement.

[said in a statement](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/11/world/africa/aka-kiernan-forbes-rapper-dead.html). [in Johannesburg](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/11/world/africa/aka-kiernan-forbes-rapper-dead.html), as well as by Nigerian Afrobeats collaborators and uniquely South African genres like [kwaito and amapiano](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/11/world/africa/aka-kiernan-forbes-rapper-dead.html). [South African](https://www.thedailybeast.com/tucker-laments-what-happened-in-post-apartheid-south-africa) rapper AKA, real name Kiernan Forbes, was shot and killed by two armed assailants on Friday night outside a restaurant in Durban, South Africa, the [New York Times reports](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/11/world/africa/aka-kiernan-forbes-rapper-dead.html).

AKA, real name Kiernan Forbes, died on Feb. 10 at 35 years old, his parents confirmed in a statement. Learn about the South African rapper's passing.

He was also a songwriter, music producer and entrepreneur," the statement shared to [For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! Our son was loved and gave love in return." "It is with extreme sadness that we acknowledge the passing of our beloved son," the Forbes family's Feb. "To us, Kiernan Jarryd Forbes, was a son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin and friend, most importantly father to his beloved daughter Kairo," they wrote. AKA and another man, who local news reports identified as the rapper's close friend Tebello Motsoan, died at the scene.

One of South Africa's leading hip-hop artists, AKA, was fatally shot on Friday night (Feb. 10). He was 35. The rapper – born Kiernan Forbes – was gunned ...

Tributes have begun to pour in from the music world and beyond. “To many, he was AKA, Supa Mega, Bhova, and the many other names of affection his legion of fans called him by. The rapper was reportedly scheduled to perform at a nightclub that night. Sending peace and love to Kiernan’s family. A second person died at the scene. One of South Africa’s leading hip-hop artists, AKA, was fatally shot on Friday night (Feb.