south african rapper Costa Titch died after collapsing on stage twice, in quick succession, during a weekend performance.
Check out this footage showing Costa, in a white shirt, running on stage Saturday night with mic in hand at the Ultra South Africa concert near Johannesburg – he went straight into one of his songs and sounded totally fine.
Then the video cuts to Costa singing another track later in the gig – he appears to reach out to one of his backup vocalists before falling to the floor. He got up and finished the song, but quickly fell back down.
His team and paramedics attempted to resuscitate him, but they were unable to save him. His cause of death has not been disclosed.
Costa’s family released a statement thanking first responders… while a representative from the Ultra South Africa venue said they were ‘devastated’ by Costa’s death and will remember him as a ‘talented rapper, dancer, singer , songwriter, collaborator and friend of the festival.”
Costa was best known for his hit “Big Flexa”, which has 45 million views on YouTube and featured Acon on the remix.
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Akon, who signed Costa to his Konvict Muzik imprint, paid his artist an emotion he ig …praising him for being “hardworking” and noting that he died doing what he loved most.
“Costa Titch had a vision that I knew for sure would take over the music industry worldwide and was about to do so when God’s plan intervened, Akon wrote. “It was a sad day, but what makes me feel better is knowing that he died doing what he loved doing most in the world. God bless you COSTA!!!!!”
Costa was 28 years old.
RIP