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 title 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 ft, 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 underneath his stage title ‘Costa Titch,’” his household wrote in a press release 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 reason behind dying was disclosed.
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Extremely South Africa, Africa’s largest digital musical pageant, stated 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 proficient rapper, dancer, songwriter, collaborator, and pal to the pageant,” the assertion stated.
“Our deepest ideas and most honest sympathies are together with his household, associates, 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 during the last 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 music, “Massive Flexa,” has been streamed greater than 10 million occasions on Spotify.