South African rapper Costa Titch died after reportedly collapsing on stage throughout a pageant efficiency.
Costa Titch was the stage identify for Constantinos Tsobanoglou. He was 28 when he died.
Sky Information seems to be on the lifetime of the artist and his place in South Africa‘s music scene.
Discovering success
Costa Titch began his profession as a backup dancer, however even after discovering success as a rapper was recognized for his impressively choreographed music movies.
As a rapper he rose to fame together with his single Nkalakatha with Riky Rick and AKA.
In 2020, he received Finest Collaboration and Finest Remix on the South African Hip Hop Awards for the monitor.
His breakout success was Huge Flexa, that includes Akon, Alfa Kat, and Ma Gang.
The video has 46 million views on YouTube, making it the most-watched amapiano music video of all time.
Amapiano is a South African sub-genre of home music, fusing African melodies, reggae and hip-hop.
In February of this yr he introduced on Instagram that he had partnered with fellow rapper Akon’s file label Konvict Kulture.
In the identical month he received the Soundcity MVP Viewers’ Selection Award.
Mixing languages, cultures and genres
Titch launched his debut album Made in Africa in 2020, rapping in isiZulu, Sesotho, English and Afrikaans throughout the album’s 17 tracks.
In a profile for The Dialog, journalist Sanya Osha mirrored on Titch’s capability to meld cultures and genres.
“As a white man embracing African hip-hop tradition, Costa Titch was an emblem of South Africa’s rainbow nation aspirations,” he wrote.
“Right here was a white rapper who was fluent in African languages, dressed like an city hood dweller, danced just like the son of a Pantsula (a township road dance characterised by unimaginable bodily flexibility) knowledgeable and shot most of his movies drawing closely on ghetto scenes.”
On-stage collapse
Titch was performing on the Extremely Music Pageant in Johannesburg on Saturday when he reportedly collapsed.
He died later in hospital, together with his household confirming his loss of life on Instagram.
The reason for loss of life has not but been launched.
The organisers of the pageant put out a press release on social media, saying “Costa was a galvanizing voice amongst South Africa’s amapiano scene – a proficient rapper, dancer, singer, songwriter, collaborator and buddy to the pageant”.
