Collapsed on stage: An investigation has been opened after the death in full concert of Costa Titch, a figure on the South African rap scene, police told AFP on Sunday.
The 27-year-old entertainer “collapsed while performing at a concert” on Saturday night in suburban Johannesburg, police said. The cause of death has not yet been established, an autopsy is scheduled.
In videos of the Saturday night concert widely shared on social media, the white rapper, microphone in hand, collapses for the first time, looking like a mere fall. He continues to sing, but once again he collapses further backstage, and the performers perform with him, then rush to pick him up.
The death of Costa Tsobanoglou, his real name, comes one month after the murder of another popular South African rapper, Kiernan Forbes or AKA. The latter had been shot by two men at the exit of a restaurant in Durban (southeast). The case is still ongoing.
“A great talent gone too soon”
Costa Titch was known by his title Amapiano big flexa, which has registered 45 million views on Youtube. She recently released a remix with American-Senegalese rapper and producer Akon. Derived from house, amapiano was born in the townships of South Africa before enjoying worldwide success in recent years.
A deluge of tributes flooded social media on Sunday. “A great talent gone too soon,” the South African rapper tweeted. From the. The leader of the radical left party EFF (Economic Freedom Fighters), Julius Malema, published a broken heart with the name of Costa Titch. The Music Rights Society in South Africa said he was “sad”.
Source: BFM TV
