On friday the 10th of february musician Kiernan Forbes was shot dead outside a popular restaurant on Florida road in Durban. He was supposed to perform at the YuGo club in the area but never got the chance too. A memorial service was held for the rapper on friday the 17th of february at the Sandton Convention Centre. He was laid to rest on saturday in a private funeral service in Johannesburg.

AKA’s fans and loved one’s are struggling to come to terms with his sudden death. The musician’s mother Lynn Forbes posted a heartbreaking picture on her instagram page of herself looking into her son’s coffin. She posted that her heart has shattered into millions of pieces and that it’s very difficult to wake up in the mornings and except that her child is no more. Lynn’s pain is one that no mother should have to go through, prayers for the family.