Costa Titch

2023 - 3 - 12

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South African rapper Costa Titch dies after video surfaces of him ... (CNN)

South African rapper Costa Titch died suddenly this weekend, his family said on Instagram, hours after he performed at a music festival.

Tsobanoglou’s song “Big Flexa” made him a star across Africa after it became successful on TikTok. “It is with deep pain that we find ourselves having to acknowledge his passing at this time,” Tsobanoglou’s family said in a post on his Instagram. His rap style combines South Africa’s culture, style and indigenous languages with international rap sub-genres like trap music, which originated in Atlanta’s thriving hip hop scene.

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South African rapper Costa Titch dies after performing at music festival (The Washington Post)

Unverified videos appeared to show Constantinos Tsobanoglou, also known as Costa Titch, collapsing while performing at the Ultra Music Festival in ...

[scheduled to perform](https://ultrasouthafrica.com/lineup/) Saturday night at the Ultra Music Festival in Nasrec, a suburb of Johannesburg. Kiernan Forbes, 35, who went by the stage name AKA, died last month after he was shot outside a restaurant in Durban, on the country’s southeastern coast. It was the second high-profile death in South Africa’s dynamic rap scene in just a few weeks. The statement went on to thank “emergency responders and all those present in his last hours on this earth.” Robbing us of our beloved son, brother and grandson,” read the statement, which was unsigned and posted to Costa Titch’s Instagram account. Videos posted on social media appeared to show Costa Titch slumping forward while performing.

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South Africa Rapper Costa Titch Dies After Collapsing Onstage (Rolling Stone)

South African rapper Costa Titch died this weekend after collapsing onstage during his performance at Johannesburg's Ultra Music Festival.

Costa was a galvanizing voice amongst South Africa’s amapiano scene – a talented rapper, dancer, songwriter, collaborator and friend to the festival.” The Tsobanoglou family thanks you for the love and support you have given to our son, and may you continue to uplift him even in spirit. Someone rushed out to help the rapper, who briefly regained his footing before collapsing again.

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South African rapper Costa Titch dies hours after collapsing during ... (USA TODAY)

South African rapper Costa Titch died hours after he collapsed onstage during a live performance. The rapper was 28. "Death has tragically knocked at our ...

"The Tsobanoglou family thanks you for the love and support you have given to our son, and may you continue to uplift him even in spirit. Titch performed at Ultra South Africa music festival in Johannesburg on Saturday. "It is with deep pain that we find ourselves having to acknowledge his passing at this time."

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Costa Titch Dead: South African Rapper Dies at 28 (Billboard)

South African rapper Costa Titch died after collapsing onstage at Johannesburg's Ultra South Africa music festival on March 11, 2023. He was 28.

Titch, a rising star in the South African musical style amapiano, was signed to Akon’s Konvict Kulture label. The Tsobanoglou family thanks you for the love and support you have given to our son, and may you continue to uplift him even in spirit. Robbing us of our beloved son, brother, and grandson,” the statement reads.

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Rapper Costa Titch dead at 28 after collapsing onstage during ... (New York Post)

Rapper Costa Titch, 28, died this weekend after collapsing at a Johannesburg music festival Saturday, according to an Instagram statement by his family.

Costa was a galvanizing voice amongst South Africa’s amapiano scene – a talented rapper, dancer, songwriter, collaborator and friend to the festival.” Please keep us in your prayers and uplifted in the Lord,” the family closed. “It is with deep pain that we find ourselves having to acknowledge his passing at this time.

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South Africa Rapper Costa Titch, 28, Dies During Performance (Voice of America)

The artist 'collapsed while he was performing' Saturday evening in the Johannesburg suburb of Nasrec, police said, adding a post-mortem would establish the ...

Heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and broader music industry." Videos on social media of his concert Saturday show him performing with his microphone in hand when he appears to fall. The South African rapper Costa Titch died on stage while performing, police said Sunday, as they opened an investigation into the circumstances of the 28-year-old's sudden death.

South African rapper Costa Titch dead at 28 after collapsing on ... (Brunswick News)

Costa Titch, a rising star in South African rap, died this weekend after collapsing while performing at a music festival. He was 28. Titch, whose legal name ...

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Costa Titch: the rising white South African rap star who embraced ... (The Conversation Africa)

Costa Titch's death is another blow to South Africa's music scene which is reeling after several high-profile deaths in recent years.

Instead he chose to embrace South Africa’s diversity in unambiguous racial, socio-economic and cultural terms. The country’s townships (low-cost housing projects) created by apartheid spatial planning and informal settlements are [plagued by](https://theconversation.com/idle-and-frustrated-young-south-africans-speak-about-the-need-for-recreational-facilities-176921) drug and alcohol abuse, unemployment and crime. This is evident in Costa Titch’s adoption of the urban township lifestyle and the ebullience that radiates from his ghetto-themed videos. In this way he falls within the bracket of white South Africans who enthusiastically embrace local cultural norms in forging their artistic identities. Here was a white rapper who was fluent in African languages, dressed like an urban hood dweller, danced like the son of a Pantsula (a township street dance characterised by incredible physical flexibility) expert and shot most of his videos drawing heavily on ghetto scenes. [gave hope](https://theconversation.com/the-town-where-hip-hop-is-healing-south-africas-broken-youth-56943) to young South Africans mired in poverty, violence and uncertainty. The young singer had recently [signed](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/akon-joins-fans-mourning-south-143857004.html) with Akon’s label, Konvict Kulture. This creed brings much optimism in times of national despair and despondency. [believed](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/akon-joins-fans-mourning-south-143857004.html) that Costa Titch was destined for bigger things and could be a game-changing artist. And black audiences patronise everything from house and Maskandi to rap and soul. He had a huge hit with his track Big Flexa and was destined to shine bright on the country’s music scene. As such, the loss of several respected artists is bound to have significant reverberations.

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