Tumi Tladi: Fans, Industry Colleagues and Family Gather to Celebrate Rapper’s Life With Tearjerking Messages

Tumi Tladi: Fans, Industry Colleagues and Family Gather to Celebrate Rapper’s Life With Tearjerking Messages

  • Tumi Tladi's family, industry friends and fans gathered on Friday to bid farewell to the rapper, who passed away on Sunday
  • The star, who passed away at the age of 30, sent shockwaves across Mzansi when he died
  • Stars such as Silkour and his manager Siyanda Ntshanga attended the memorial service in Joburg

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The late rapper Tumi Tladi was remembered at an emotional memorial service on Friday. Fans, friends and family gathered at the Rivers Church in Sandton to bid farewell to their fav.

Tumi Tladi's memorial service
Tumi Tladi's life was remembered at his memorial service in Johannesburg. Image: @tumitladi
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Tladi passed away on Sunday after posting a cryptic post that got his followers talking. His family later issued a statement confirming that the star had passed on.

His memorial service was attended by industry heavyweights such as Silkour, who was among the speakers. According to TimesLIVE, Silkour stressed Tumi's contribution to the music industry. He said:

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"There's no question that Tumi's life was dedicated to creating, movement and broadcasting it."

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The late rapper's manager Siyanda Ntshanga revealed that the star was set to sign to Def Jam Africa. He, however, shared good news with Tumi Tladi's fans by revealing that he will be dropping new music from the rapper despite his death. He added:

"Thank you to everybody who has ever done a single thing for the broer. He was signing with Def Jam this week, there was a world tour ... Broer had it, all he wanted to do was share his music with you guys ... I told him he's going to trend, but not like this."

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In other entertainment news, Briefly News also reported that Sithelo Shozi is not backing down with her accusations against Andile Mpisane. The stunner pulled a shocker when she revealed that all was not rosy when she was with Andile Mpisane.

Sithelo took to her Instagram stories to share that the rapper and soccer star used to beat her to a pulp in front of his family, and no one did anything about it. She even said that Andile physically assaulted her while she was pregnant.

The DJ's revelations caused a buzz on social media, especially when Shauwn Mkhize refuted the claims in a statement. Many other issues have been popping up, from a protection order against Sithelo to Andile allegedly demanding DNA tests of the children.

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Privie Kandi (Entertainment Editor) Privilege Kandi is an entertainment news editor (joined Briefly in 2022). A Journalism and Mass Communication graduate from the Christian College of Southern Africa (2016), she has been in the arts and entertainment industry for six years. Privie has worked for the Zimbabwe International Film and Festival Trust as a communications officer and a writer and TV producer for lifestyle and entertainment channel CME TV. She passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her at privie.kandi@briefly.co.za.

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