AKA Kiernan Forbes was gunned down along with his former manager Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane in Durban outside a club, know his age
AKA’s death has brought a shocking wave among his fans and South Africans are trying to piece together the circumstances around his murder. Unknown men in Durban gunned down AKA Kiernan Forbes while he was in the city to celebrate his birthday and perform at a nightclub.
Rappers long-time friend and former manager Tebello Motsoane, who is well known as Tibz has been reported to be the bodyguard killed as per the sources.
Who is Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane chef and ex-manager of Kiernan Forbes AKA shot dead with him, his age and Twitter
Tebello Motsoane. Was very active when AKA was coming in, he was in the Jealousy music video. He had a cooking show and stuff. Great dude and businessman pic.twitter.com/CheMuycp3R
— king mswati (@spykiemashele) February 10, 2023
Popular rapper, AKA, shot dead in Florida Road, Durban#RIPAKA #RipLegend #RIPKiernan #RIPAAKA pic.twitter.com/beBXUdvt0t
— I Bring Nothing To The Table (@exotichun2) February 11, 2023
These are the Nkabi's who shot AKA last night at Florida Road with Tebello
Please Retweet this image to Circulate until they are arrested #RIPAKA #RIPAAKA #RipLegend Da Les #Nadia Lynn Zinhle Kairo #CCTV Cassper Nyovest pic.twitter.com/ABi8pQx96z— IG:Joy-Zelda (@joy_zelda) February 11, 2023
Tibz grew up in Katlehong, a large township approximately 28 km southeast of Johannesburg. As a youngster, Tibz took up basketball in an aim to lose weight and became so good at the game that he bagged himself a scholarship to study International Relations and Media Studies at Wits. He later dropped out.
Tibz founded an event management company in 2006, named, Show Love. Tibz wore many hats. By June 2019, he reportedly managed rapper AKA, was a seller of clothing labels and fine wine, and a chef at his pop-up restaurant, Café Tibz” and had been featured on the cover of My Kitchen Magazine. In the feature, he showed off some of his secrets to cooking a perfect steak. In February of the same year, he also did a Q&A with GQ, where he gave his tricks for being a good host in the summer.
Motsoane was featured on Biz News, where he discussed his dreams and revealed some of his secrets. While his DOB isn’t known, he was in his 30s.
People react to Tebello Tibz Motsoane’s and AKA Kiernan Jarryd Forbes death
Tributes are pouring from his fans on social media as most of them woke up to the terrible news of AKA being shot on Friday night. Some have mentioned Tebello’s massive contribution to AKA’s musical career and cultural influence in the hip-hop scene.
@KingMdevah stated,”Tebello Tibz Motsoane was the former co-founder of the clothing brand Head Honcho and Showlove Consulting Founder. The man who had introduced us to AKA and also helped out to shape the South African hip-hop scene in his era.”
RIP AKA: Somizi, Zakes Bantwini, Da L.E.S and several more celebrities have reacted to AKA’s unfortunate death.
“It’s unbelievable to hear this. Earlier Briefly News reported that It is a sad day for the South African music industry following the news of AKA’s death. This rapper who was in Durban for celebrating his birthday got unfortunately gunned down by an unknown gunman.”
Who was AKA Kiernan Jarryd Forbes
Kiernan Jarryd Forbes was born on the 28th of January in 1988 and presently his age was 35 years when he was murdered. He is well known as AKA and he was a South African rapper. AKA was born as well as raised in Cape Town. Forbes came in the limelight after releasing his single “Victory Lap” from his debut studio album, Altar Ego in 2010.
AKA Kiernan Jarryd Forbes’ net worth
AKA Kiernan Jarryd Forbes was estimated to have a net worth of $15 million dollars as of 2023.