Music and football have a relationship that extends for decades. There is a lot admiration between the two industries and mutual respect. We’ve seen how our favorite artists are fans of football and they idolize the same people as most of the public. South Africa is a football loving nation and the influences extends to sportscaster and other people around the sport.
It has been a couple of weeks since the passing of rap star, Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes. He was gunned down in Durban, however his album was released. Mass Country earned a lot of attention over the past week with fans showing love to the late rapper. It is safe to say that his last album was worth the wait and it is set to break records and earn accolades.
Robert Marawa is one of the many influential people that were mentioned by AKA on the album. On the song, Company featuring KDDO he gives props to Marawa. On the other track featuring Thato Saul titled Mbuzi, there is a clip extract of Robert Marawa’s sports show. It was only right for him to reciprocate the love the rapper showed him, in his music.
Robert Marawa decided to put the lyrics to Company on his Twitter cover photo. He has previously spoke on the love that AKA showed him while he was alive. He also spoke on his love for football, more especially Manchester United. He always displayed his love for the club on social media and even got the badge tattooed on his arm.