Lungelo Gumede Reveals it cost him a fortune to Make The Ricky Rick Statue

The late Riky Rick’s fans stacked high recognitions on Durban-based stone specialist Lungelo Gumede, for in regards to the rapper with a wax form, yet his family was not charmed with his turn.

According to Daily Sun the figure has since been vandalized by the model after he being mentioned by the family to cut it down.

The figure snatched the eye of numerous people the country over after the craftsman’s passing. Riky kicked the pail on Wednesday, 23 February at age 34 later evidently finishing everything.


Numerous people hurried to the Bat Center in Durban to get a concise gander at it and the family was smoldering.

They felt it was too soon for Lungelo to make it while they are at this point lamenting the death of the rapper. Following their solicitation, Lungelo decided to wall it in by hearty shaded paper and defeated Riky’s fans from overview it.

Taking to his Facebook account he said he had taken care of it safely and believed that soon he would uncover it in any case, this happened, “I got a call from Ricky’s family to eliminate the Statue from show and besides from my electronic media stages, as they feel its too soon to have his Wax Statue displayed for public.

They mentioned that I offer them a chance to lament they will let me know when everything looks great to uncover the Statue.

I’m making this present just on ready those that have shared my previous post of Ricky’s Statue that his family isn’t happy with the Wax Statue until additional notification. Not that the Satue as the piece of Art is bad…but its the whole thought of having the Wax Statue displayed in Public… I have wrapped it and taken care of it safely till extra notice.”

Taking everything into account, According to the paper Riky Rick’s kin compromised him to cut it down, faulting him for benefitting from it. Lungelo has denied the cases saying people saw it free and it cost him R60 000 to make it.

“It cost me about R60 000 to make the figure. I got for Riky Rick and workmanship. I felt compromised advancement I couldn’t endure anything else.

So stop the risks, I decided to demolish the figure. It took me around seven days to make it and two or three minutes to obliterate it,” he told the paper.

Lungelo on the other hand let the dispersion in on that he doesn’t know about why the family is denying him the qualification to offer appreciation to the late rapper while Big Zulu recorded an acknowledgment tune for him.

“They allowed Big Zulu to record an award tune for him. They also allowed Rasta to draw him at his remembrance administration.

Is there any valid justification why I shouldn’t be allowed to deal with my obligations on him as a specialist? I disregard to fathom.

However, maybe they felt the wax mold was authentic when they saw it by means of electronic media. Right when one ganders at the wax form, it’s like they are looking at the real him. It appears as though he is at this point alive.”

In the meantime the family says he should not balance himself with Big Zulu considering the way that the neighborhood rapper had worked with Riky beforehand and they had a relationship outside of work