After various social media platforms and organisations took to social media demanding that Kiernan “AKA” Forbes be muted on all radio stations and streaming platforms, the rapper’s father came to his son’s defence saying that his son had been struggling to mourn.
There has been a lot of discussion surrounding AKA and Anele “Nelli” Tembe’s relationship since Tembe plunged to her death from the 10th floor of the Pepperclub Hotel in Cape Town on 11 April.
Tony Forbes comes to AKA’s defence
Now, according to
Sowetan, Tony on Wednesday 12 May spoke out against calls to #MuteAKA, as investigations continued into the death of Tembe. He said his son had been struggling to mourn properly because of the “damaging public perceptions” about the nature of their relationship with Tembe.
HOLES PUNCHED IN AKAâS BRAND! By Andiswa Ngenyane Women For Change has called for AKAâs music to be muted. Photo from Instagram.
THE movement fighting gender-based violence, Women For Change, has called on radio and TV stations, as well as streaming platforms, to stop playing AKA’s music.
The movement started a campaign called #MuteAKA on social media.
This after some believed the rapper was allegedly abusive towards his late fiancee, Anele “Nelli” Tembe, who fell to her death a month ago.
The founder of the movement, Sabrina Walter, told Daily Sun they believed justice must be served.
AKA’s father Tony Forbes responds to #MuteAKA calls amid investigations into Nelli Tembe’s death ‘Don’t be shallow, look deeper before you judge’ he wrote on Women For Change’s Instagram page 11 May 2021 - 14:33 AKA s father Tony Forbes, second from the left, has spoken out in his son s defence. Image: AKA/Instagram
Rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes’s father Tony Forbes has in an exclusive interview spoken out against calls to #MuteAKA as investigations continue into the death of AKA’s fiancée Anele “Nelli” Tembe.
Tony told TshisaLIVE his son has been struggling to mourn properly because of the “damaging public perceptions” about the nature of their relationship with Nelli.
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In 2017, Nkosinathi Maphumulo aka Black Coffee and Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa tied the knot, but the last few years have been filled with challenges for the former couple.
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Four years ago everything seemed fine. The celebrity couple was getting married, having kids, and living their best lives.
Slowly but surely the cracks in the relationship began to show as cheating rumours surfaced and more issues became pubic knowledge before eventually, Enhle and Black Coffee decided to go their separate ways. Since then, things seemed to simmer down, but this year it s all heating up again.
Women uniting to protect each other to end GBVF gcis vuk uzenzele > By gcis vuk uzenzele - 13 April 2021 - 07:00 Women For Change creates awareness about gender-based violence through running events. Image: Supplied.
Women runners are uniting to protect each other and to stand up against gender-based violence and femicide.
Everyone should actively demand change and do something to end gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF).
This is what the founder of Women For Change, Sabrina Walter, believes will end the continuous attacks on women and children in South Africa and globally.
The Women For Change movement was founded in 2016 by Catch Me If You Can (CMIYC), which was also started by Walter.