AKA and Mpho Popps’ Throwback Pic Has Mzansi Dragging Nota Baloyi: “Nota Probably Took This Photo”

AKA and Mpho Popps’ Throwback Pic Has Mzansi Dragging Nota Baloyi: “Nota Probably Took This Photo”

  • A throwback photo of Kiernan "AKA" Forbes and Mpho Popps from their childhood days surfaced on social media
  • South Africans discovered after Supa Mega's death on February 10 that he was close friends with Mpho Popps
  • Mzansi reacted to the trending pic by dragging Nota Baloyi because he was not spotted in a photo with the people he claimed he was close with

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An old photo of comedian Mpho Popps and assassinated rapper AKA has gone viral on social media.

Nota Baloyi was mocked after AKA and Mpho Popps' throwback photo trended.
AKA and Mpho Popps' childhood photo has Mzansi reconsidering Nota Baloyi's claims that he was childhood friends with AKA. Image: Oupa Bppae/Getty Images, @akaworldwide/Instagram and @mphopopps
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Since AKA's tragic death on February 10, Mzansi has been digging for more information about his childhood.

One of the most intriguing revelations was Mpho saying he was childhood friends with Supa Mega. Briefly News reported that Mpho shared one of his memorable moments with the Mass Country hitmaker on Podcast and Chill. He claimed that AKA took his girlfriend from him while in primary school.

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AKA and Mpho Popps' throwback photo goes viral

If many people didn't believe Mpho's story, an old photograph of AKA and him with a group of their childhood friends proved he wasn't lying. @ThegreatoneZa shared the snap, and it quickly went viral.

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Mzansi drags Nota Baloyi after seeing AKA and Mpho Popps' throwback photo

Nota Baloyi claimed to be a part of AKA's circle of friends. According to ZAlebs, shortly after Mzansi learned at Supa Mega's memorial service that Sim Dope was real and not just a fictional character in AKA's song Sim Dope, Nota claimed he was also close to him.

He said Sim Dope was his childhood friend, claiming he knew him before AKA met him. However, peeps felt like the AKA and Mpho Popps' throwback picture proved otherwise.

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@JonSllow said:

"Nota probably took this photo."

@TaMos59534027 shared:

"I'm still waiting to see young Nota."

@nocontextmvula posted:

"I don’t see you @lavidaNOTA"

@_justpholoso replied:

"Nota: when this picture was taken, I was 11 years old, and I was the one who took it because Mpho was fighting to stand next to AKA, so I decided not to be in the picture but rather take it."

@YoursTrulyMusik wrote:

"They probably took that photo just when he went to the toilet."

@MpumalangaPost also said:

"That’s my guy Nota at the back."

Nota Baloyi claims to have viewed Anele "Nelli" Tembe's dead body with Supa Mega, Mzansi unconvinced

In other stories, Briefly News reported that Nota Baloyi returned with more serious claims about the slain rapper AKA. Baloyi claimed to have been one of the people who viewed Supa Mega's deceased fiancée, Anele "Nelli" Tembe,'s body after she threw herself off the balcony of a hotel in Cape Town.

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In a video shared by @ThisIsColbert, the music executive said Supa Mega couldn't shake off the image of Anele's body a few moments after she jumped off the hotel building. According to EWN, Nelli fell from the 10th floor and died.

Mzansi peeps were divided after watching the viral clip.

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Sinazo Tshambuluka (Editor) Sinazo Tshambuluka is a Briefly News Entertainment writer. She has been with the fantastic Briefly News team since July 2022. Previously, she freelanced for Opera News for a year, covering current affairs and entertainment news. She graduated from the University of Cape Town in 2021 with a Bachelor of Social Science in Media and Writing and Sociology. You can reach her via sinazo.tshambuluka@briefly.co.za