It has been a very sad week for the Hip Hop community as the fiancée of the beloved rap superstar AKA allegedly succumbed to depression. Nellie Anele Tembe fell to hear death from the 10th floor at a Cape Town, many have ruled it as a suicide, however police investigation are yet to release an official statement.

Since the passing of Nellie, the Tembe and Forbes family only released a media statement confirming the death of Tembe, however AKA has not posted anything yet concerning the horrific death of his wife that he paid lobola for.

Nondumiso Tembe is the elder sister of the deceased Nellie Anele Tembe. She is a renowned South African actress and singer, although most South Africans do not know her. She acted as Phumelele Miya on Generations. Nondumiso was also one of the performers at Nelson Mandela home in Qunu, South Africa, during his 90th birthday celebration? She sang uTata Madiba.

She took to Twitter to speak about her little sister’s death.

“My baby, Ngiphelelwe amazwi – Words fail me right now. We will hold you in our hearts forever. Lala kahle, mbali yethu 💔💔💔

Thank you so much to everyone who has sent kind words of comfort for our family, ngiyathokoza kakhulu 🤍🕊🤍”

A stylish woman with a passion for food who loved her family. Her family described her as a young woman who loved cooking.

Family spokesperson and MC, Clive Manci said Nelli and her father Moses Tembe were close.

“Nelli had so much in common with her father. Her love for food, her stubborn nature, and charisma,” he says. “Her father loved her and raised his kids well. At a young age he allowed them to experience the best of education and travel the world.”

Nellie leaves behind her husband who paid lobola for her, rapper AKA Kernan Forbes. She also left a string of sad fans, family and many South Africans who knew little about her heartbroken by the tragic story of her shortened life.