South African rapper Costa Titch died over the weekend following a efficiency at a music pageant in Johannesburg. He was 28.
The musician, whose actual identify is Constantinos Tsobanoglou, carried out at Extremely South Africa on Saturday. Video footage of his set circulated on social media seems that exhibits him fall on stage. He was helped to his toes, however moments later, collapsed once more and fell off the stage.
“Loss of life has tragically knocked at our door. Robbing us of our beloved son, brother and grandson, Constantinos Tsobanoglou, who South Africa had come to like and idolize below his stage identify ‘Costa Titch,’” his household wrote in a assertion posted to Instagram Sunday.
“We’re grateful for the emergency responders and all these current in his final hours on this earth. As a household we're confronted with a tough time as we attempt to make sense of what has befallen us and ask that we be afforded the time and area to assemble ourselves.”
No explanation for demise was disclosed.
Extremely South Africa, Africa’s largest digital musical pageant, mentioned in a press release that “We're devastated by the sudden loss” of Costa Titch.
“Costa was a galvanizing voice amongst South Africa’s amapiano scene ― a gifted rapper, dancer, songwriter, collaborator, and pal to the pageant,” the assertion mentioned.
“Our deepest ideas and most honest sympathies are together with his household, buddies, and our complete neighborhood who're collectively mourning this heartbreaking loss.”
Tsobanoglou was a star of South Africa’s amapiano style, a method of home music that emerged in South Africa over the past decade. The music is a hybrid of deep home, jazz and lounge music, characterised by percussive, log-drum pushed basslines and soulful piano melodies.
His hottest track, “Large Flexa,” has been streamed greater than 10 million occasions on Spotify.
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