South African rapper Costa Titch died over the weekend following a efficiency at a music competition 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 reveals him fall on stage. He was helped to his ft, however moments later, collapsed once more and fell off the stage.
“Dying 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 troublesome time as we attempt to make sense of what has befallen us and ask that we be afforded the time and house to collect ourselves.”
No reason for loss of life was disclosed.
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Extremely South Africa, Africa’s largest digital musical competition, said in a statement 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 competition,” the assertion mentioned.
“Our deepest ideas and most honest sympathies are together with his household, associates, and our total neighborhood who’re collectively mourning this heartbreaking loss.”
Tsobanoglou was a star of South Africa’s amapiano style, a mode 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.