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Hip-Hop and Guns: Rappers killed by gun violence

A collage of Tupac, Biggie Smalls, and Takeoff.

Deceased rapper AKA, born Keirnan Jarryd Forbes, was brutally murdered in Durban on February 10 and laid to rest in a private ceremony on February 18.

"AKA was born a king, although I am not familiar with his childhood. He may have exhibited these signs as a child, which indicated his potential to become a Hip Hop great. Listening to his single Victory Lap from his debut album 2010, you could see how much potential he had," Ano Shumba, Content Manager and Music Journalist at Music Africa describes.

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