Fans jumped to late rapper AKA’s defence after a troll said he didn’t deserve the Metro FM awards. Images via Instagram @akaworldwide
‘Sympathy awards’: Tweep slams AKA’s big Metro FM Awards win
The Megacy has jumped to late rapper AKA’s defence after a troll said that he didn’t deserve his four Metro FM awards.
Fans jumped to late rapper AKA’s defence after a troll said he didn’t deserve the Metro FM awards. Images via Instagram @akaworldwide
Late rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes won big at this year’s Metro FM Awards. The musician bagged four awards at the ceremony which took place on the 6 May at the Mbombela Stadium in Mpumalanga. AKA took the Best Collaboration, Best Hip-Hop Album, Best Male Artist and Best Artist of The Year awards.
While many of his fans appear to be overjoyed by the news, some social media users have said that the rapper simply won because of the nature of his death.
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In early February this year, South African rapper AKA was shot and killed outside Wish Restaurant in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
The news of his passing sent shockwaves across the country as his millions of fans struggled to come to terms with the loss of one of the country’s most famous musicians.
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Many of them have been left with big smiles on their faces after the late rapper — who was nominated for six Metro FM Awards — walked away with four.
The 35-year-old’s girlfriend Nadia Nakai shared a heartwarming post about her late lover’s wins which many of his fans loved to see.
“Awwwww Baby! Another one!!!!!!” she wrote on Twitter on Saturday this week.
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Not everyone is happy…
While many were overjoyed at AKA’s achievement, one person does not think the rapper deserves the awards.
“Sympathy awards,” @joburg124 wrote in Nadia’s comment section.
His comment appears to have upset a lot of the late rapper’s fans who wasted no time telling him off. Here are some of their comments:
“They are honestly not , due to industry politics .. mega was robbed of his well derserved props when he was alive (industry politics)… Him being gone made the whole industry realize they lost a once in a lifetime artist… These wins are overdue honestly,” wrote one person while another added:
“Your heart is dirty, cleanse it when you get a moment…”
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