AKA’s Business Partner Raphael Benza Vows To Ensure Rapper’s Daughter Kairo Forbes Gets Financial Stability

AKA’s Business Partner Raphael Benza Vows To Ensure Rapper’s Daughter Kairo Forbes Gets Financial Stability

  • AKA's longtime friend and business partner Raphael Benza has broken his silence following the rapper's murder
  • Benza expressed shock and anger over AKA's death because it's something he can't fix
  • He also spoke about the star's last days, saying he was happy and fulfilled in his final days

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AKA's death came as a shock to his family, friends, fans and business partner Raphael Benza. Benza spoke about how Kiernan was happy in the last days of his life.

AKA's business partner Raphael Benza
AKA’s friend and business partner Raphael Benza on the rapper's last days. Image: @rapaelbenza and @mzansivp.
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He also added that he was gutted that death was something he could not rectify or fix.

Benza opens up on the last time he spoke to AKA

According to TimesLIVE, Raphael Benza played a major part in AKA's career as the Vth Season record label executive. He said he last saw the rapper on 7 February and last spoke to him on 9 February when they were planning their project in Nigeria.

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He added that his team's main focus is to console the Forbes family and also ensure that AKA's only daughter Kairo Forbes gets financial stability. He said:

"The family are shocked, numb, deeply hurt and deeply saddened. But on the other hand, Kieran has been the happiest in the last six months so it was great to see him at peace. He was happy in his last days rather than about a year and a half ago when he was completely depressed."

Benza reacts to allegations that AKA's friends knew about the assassination

Raphael Benza also touched on reports that the rapper's close friends, especially Don Design knew about the murder plan. He said:

"AKA has an extensive team, a road manager, DJ, photographer, sometimes security, sometimes band members, so they form part of the team and family. We know we are a close-knit team."

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Ntsiki Mazwai says she wasn’t a fan of Supa Mega, poet confirms she’s not grieving late rapper

In more entertainment news, Briefly News reported that Ntsiki Mazwai's Twitter timeline has been full of posts about AKA's death. Supa Mega was gunned down on February 10 in Durban on Florida Road.

Many paid tribute to the late rapper in tweets, but Ntsiki was busy seeking justice for Supa Mega's deceased fiancée, Anele "Nelli" Tembe, who died suspiciously.

According to News24, Nellie fell from the 10th floor of a hotel in Cape Town, and there have been allegations that Mega was involved in her death.

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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.