{"id":285835,"date":"2023-02-11T06:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T06:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/02\/11\/south-african-rapper-kiernan-aka-forbes-shot-dead-in-durban\/"},"modified":"2023-02-11T06:39:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T06:39:00","slug":"south-african-rapper-kiernan-aka-forbes-shot-dead-in-durban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/02\/11\/south-african-rapper-kiernan-aka-forbes-shot-dead-in-durban\/","title":{"rendered":"South African Rapper Kiernan &#8216;AKA&#8217; Forbes Shot Dead In Durban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\">\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"South African Rapper Kiernan 'AKA' Forbes Shot Dead In Durban\" alt=\"South African Rapper Kiernan 'AKA' Forbes Shot Dead In Durban\" id=\"story_image_main\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-02\/j0oad15_rapper-aka_625x300_11_February_23.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">New Delhi: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>South African rapper Kiernan Forbes was today shot dead outside a popular restaurant in Durban. He was popularly known as Rapper AKA. According to local media, the 35-year-old was shot six times.<\/p>\n<p>Condoling his death, the rapper&#8217;s family posted a statement on his official Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is with extreme sadness that we acknowledge the passing of our beloved son,&#8221; the statement read.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3DONLbS4yX\">pic.twitter.com\/3DONLbS4yX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AKA (@akaworldwide) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/akaworldwide\/status\/1624279411473240065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The family said that they are awaiting further details from the Durban police.<\/p>\n<p>AKA was going to release his new album, Mass County, on February 27.<\/p>\n<p><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"Won The U19 World Cup By Ensuring Freedom For Every Player: Shafali Verma\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Won The U19 World Cup By Ensuring Freedom For Every Player: Shafali Verma\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Won The U19 World Cup By Ensuring Freedom For Every Player: Shafali Verma\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-02\/j0oad15_rapper-aka_625x300_11_February_23.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-02-11T12:09:06+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=681584&amp;category=embed&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=0&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/10022023_n_ShafaliVerma_147799_121412_320.mp4\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont externalVideo fvotd\">\n<h3 class=\"s-ttl\">Featured Video Of The Day<\/h3>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"lozad\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-02\/auk1lfks_shafali-verma_640x480_10_February_23.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=681584&amp;category=embed&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=0&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Won The U19 World Cup By Ensuring Freedom For Every Player: Shafali Verma<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/south-african-rapper-kiernan-aka-forbes-shot-dead-in-durban-3773149\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] New Delhi: South African rapper Kiernan Forbes was today shot dead outside a popular restaurant in Durban. He was popularly known as Rapper AKA. According to local media, the 35-year-old was shot six times. 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