South Africans are still reeling from the d@@th of popular rapper AKA, real name Kiernan Forbes. And it seems Twitter sleuths are running wild with commentary with everything from conspiracy theories of who shot and killed the star to the link between his d@@th and his fiancee Nelli Tembe almost two years ago.

The muso was shot and killed outside a restaurant on Durban’s Florida road on Friday evening. His d@@th comes almost two years after Nelli allegedly ended her life after falling off the balcony of a Cape Town hotel in April 2021.

AKA admitted to being in a “toxic” relationship with Tembe following her d@@th. The rapper was also accused of physically and mentally abusing the 22-year-old.

AKA AND NELLI TEMBE: SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THEIR d@@ths

Both died on the street

According to police reports, 22-year-old Nelli Tembe fell to her d@@th on 11 April from her Pepperclub hotel balcony, located on the corners of Loop and Bloem Street, in the Cape Town city centre.

AKA was shot and killed outside Wish Restaurant on Florida Road.

Mysterious situations

According to police, two men walked up to AKA and his friend Tebello Tibz Motsoane and shot them dead. The men then fled the scene.

According to City Press, while Nelli Tembe’s d@@th was labelled a “suicide investigation” by the NPA, the latter also added that it had “elements of suspicion of a murder.”

She died in his hometown, and he died in hers

Nelli died in Cape Town, where AKA is originally from, while he died in Durban, where she was born and raised.

The devil’s in the details?

Nelli died on 11 April 2021, while AKA died almost 22 months later to the day. Nelli was also 22 years old when she died.