Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie says the PA paid for Nathaniel Julies’ funeral – not AKA. Images via Instagram: @akaworldwide, @gaytonmck
Gayton McKenzie on claims AKA didn’t care about coloured people
Politician Gayton McKenzie paid tribute to AKA and Tibz, also defending claims about the rapper’s lack of love for coloured people.
Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie says the PA paid for Nathaniel Julies’ funeral – not AKA. Images via Instagram: @akaworldwide, @gaytonmck
Central Karoo municipality mayor Gayton McKenzie has hit back at claims slain rapper Kiernan “AKA’ Forbes did not have time for the coloured community — TshisaLIVE reports.
The 35-year-old musician and his celebrity chef friend Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane were murdered in cold blood on Friday, 10 February, when two gunmen opened fire outside Wish on Florida.
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GAYTON MACKENZIE RECALLS AKA’S ACT OF KIDNESS
Dismissing suggestions about AKA not having time for his own ethnic group; McKenzie made an example of the Fela in Versace hitmaker’s contribution when Eldorado Park teenager Nathaniel Julies was allegedly shot and killed by police in 2020.
“That’s not true, the first cheque we received for the funeral of Nathaniel Julies, the boy who was shot by the police, was from AKA,” he wrote.
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PAYING TRIBUTE
The Patriotic Alliance leader also shared the story of how he met AKA when a person who worked for the artist brought him to ZAR nightclub in the early years of his music career.
“I never heard of the rapper [before] but he brought the house down. A man approached me to thank me for allowing AKA to perform at our club; that man was Tibz, a friendship started on that day that lasted until he was killed,” McKenzie said, also hailing Tibz a respected businessman.
Describing the Lemons (Lemonade) rapper, the politician said: “He inspired so many youngsters, not only on the Cape Flats, but everywhere. I went to Nigeria once and the club was shaking with Fela in Versace. The same thing happened in Spain.
“Supa Mega was worldwide. Thank you, Malcolm X for putting AKA on. The best export from our community. I pray for his family, his daughter and want to thank them for giving the world Supa Mega.”
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