AKA's family announces release of new album to honour his legacy
"To honour his legacy, they are choosing to continue with the release of The Mass Country album on the 24th of February 2023 as planned."
AKA's family has announced that they will be releasing a new album from the star.
In a family statement released on Thursday, the family said the album will be released to honour AKA's legacy.
'The Mass Country' by AKA will be released a week after his funeral - on the 24th of February, the same date the musician had planned to release the project prior to his death.
“With the nation engulfed with the grief of the tragic and untimely passing of Kiernan 'AKA' Forbes', the Forbes family have acknowledged the outpouring of support and love from South Africa and beyond,” read the release.
“The family continues to celebrate the life of their son. To honour his legacy, they are choosing to continue with the release of The Mass Country album on the 24th of February 2023 as planned."
READ: LISTEN: DJ Tira shares his best moments with AKA
The family spoke about how AKA had been working hard on the project alongside his co-manager and co-executive producer Nhlanhla “Nivo” Ndimande.
“In the past two years, ‘Mass Country’ had become AKA’s entire world. The Supa Mega constantly kept the album release momentum and anticipation high.”
“The team was extremely blessed to work so closely on this project with Kiernan. We spent a lot of time mapping out this roll-out and creating all the content we have under his direction,” said Nhlanhla “Nivo” Ndimande.
“Kiernan worked tremendously hard on this project. He put his heart and soul into it, and we were blessed that he got the opportunity to map out this entire roll-out and approve all the elements, so what will be coming out will be as per his direction and his vision," he added.
READ: Tickets to AKA's memorial service sold out within hours of release
READ: ANC in eThekwini on AKA shooting: Durban facing serious crime issue
AKA's death
AKA was shot and killed last week Friday on Florida Road in Durban.
AKA's father, Tony Forbes, said the rapper's funeral will take place on Saturday, but it will be attended by close family and friends.
However, fans will get a chance to bid the star goodbye at a memorial service that will be held at the Sandton Convention Centre, which will be held on Friday.
Tickets for the memorial service were snapped up within four hours of release.
READ: Moses Tembe slams 'cruel, libellous' claims of involvement in AKA assassination
Image courtesy of Instagram/ @AKA