Mother-of-two DJ Zinhle’s life and decisions have come under scrutiny many times on social media. Sometimes, to a point where she has had to clear the air or defend herself.The businesswoman’s eight-year-old daughter, Kairo Forbes – whom she shares with slain rapper AKA – has also unfortunately become a victim of social media critics, especially on X (formerly Twitter).This is why, Zinhle and her family are gradually taking her two daughters (Kairo and Asante) off social media – she told Sunday World.

 

 

“We believe Kiernan has been trying to communicate with us, and we are gradually taking the kids off social media.

“The ideal situation for me would be to take them off completely,” she said.During the first episode of DJ Zinhle: The Unexpected season three, which aired on BET Africa on Saturday, 30 September, the topic was discussed.

Zinhle was spending quality time with Kairo’s grandmother, Lynn Forbes, who reminded her about a dream she had wherein AKA said that they need to limit his daughter’s social media presence.“But you know Kiernan was never really keen for Kairo being on social media. So every time I think about this dream I realise how clear that dream was. It was really a visit, it wasn’t just a dream.

“Towards the end he said ‘mom, I really want you to just limit’, he didn’t say take it away, he said limit the time that you expose her on social media and even in public,” Lynn said.

AKA, real name Kiernan Jarryd Forbes, was shot and killed outside a Durban restaurant on 10 February this year.LYNN HITS BACK AT CRITICS
Following a recent social media “hoo-ha” involving Kairo, Lynn ended her hiatus from X in a bid to set the record straight.

This followed Kairo’s tribute to her late father on the Galaxy 947 Joburg Day stage on 2 September, which was marred with nasty attacks from X critics who claimed the family was “exploiting” the eight-year-old.

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Hitting back at the critics, Lynn said: “Kairo didn’t say, ‘I WANT to perform at Joburg Day.’ She said, ‘I’m GOING TO perform at Joburg Day. I don’t want anyone to go on stage with me. I’m going to sing my daddy’s song, by myself’.

“It sat well with her, She cried. She is very proud of herself. No one forced her.”