Costa Titch

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.

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.

Footage on social media showed him appearing to stumble and fall to the ground during his set before being helped to his feet. He continued to perform and ...

He continued to perform and finished his track a few seconds later before falling for a second time. "Death has tragically knocked at our door. He died later in hospital.

Fans and family have mourned popular South African artiste, Costa Tsobanoglou, professionally known as Costa Titch, who reportedly died while thrilling fans ...

Please keep us in your prayers and uplifted in the Lord.” “We are thankful for the emergency responders and all those present in his last hours on this earth. His death was later announced late in the night.

Videos of his performance at Ultra Festival in South Africa show him performing with when he appears to fall, continues to sing and collapses again.

Heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and broader music industry." Costa Titch died a month on from the assassination of another popular South African rapper Kiernan Forbes, known as AKA. South African rapper Costa Titch dies on stage while performing at Ultra music festival

According to reports, Costa collapsed on stage during a performance at the Ultra Music Festival at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on Saturday, News24 ...

I was making music for fun at that time, and people were receiving it pretty well, and at that point, I decided to go full-on with this and see where it goes," he said. Please keep us in your prayers and uplifted in the Lord", ended the statement. "As a family, were are faced with a difficult time as we try to make sense of what has befallen us and ask that we be afforded the time and space to gather ourselves," the family stated.

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.

Although di family no tok di cause of im death, however, reports tok say di singer die on Saturday as e dey perform for one Music Festival for Johannesburg.

After di release of im song Activate perform well. Plenty of im fans and family dey mourn im death. But e later fall again and dem carry am comot di stage. “Death don tragically knock on our door. Plenty of im fans and colleagues dey mourn im death. Although di family no tok di cause of im death, however, reports tok say di singer die on Saturday as e dey perform for one Music Festival for Johannesburg.

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."

The artist "collapsed while he was performing" at the Ultra South Africa concert in Nasrec.

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 Southern African Music Rights Organisation wrote on Twitter: "SAMRO is saddened by the passing of popular rapper Costa Tsobanoglou, better known as Costa Titch.