‘What a sweet message’: Grieving mom Lynn shares text to AKA
AKA’s mom Lynn Forbes shared a sweet text message she sent to the slain rapper two weeks before he was shot dead in Durban.
Lynn Forbes, the mom of slain rapper AKA, revealed a text between her and the rapper via an Instagram post on Thursday 20 April.
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LYNN FORBES SHARES TEXT TO AKA
Lynn Forbes is grieving the death of her eldest son rapper AKA. Kiernan Jarryd Forbes, popularly known as AKA’s was shot dead outside of Wish restaurant on Florida Road, Durban on 10 February. His friend Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane was also killed at the same time.
Taking to Instagram, Lynn shared a screenshot of a text between herself and the late rapper. In the text she told him how proud of him she is.
“Just thinking of how proud I am of the man and father you’re becoming, the living home you’re building for Kairo and everything you do for everyone. I appreciate you so much. Love you,” she wrote.
He responded saying “what a sweet message” and “love you”.
“Today is really difficult. The hardest part is that you have gone forever quiet on my phone. I miss your texts and calls so much 💔,” she captioned the post.
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AKA’S MOM REVEALS HIS LAST WORDS TO HER
The last time Lyn saw her son AKA was on the morning of 10 February — the day he was shot dead. Lynn and her sister Trudy were taking a road trip to Mpumalanga and he came over to say goodbye to his mom.
“When we left around lunchtime, he asked me if we’d checked the car and the wheel alignment. I told him I had done so at the garage, and he said, ‘No, Mom, you have to check it at the dealership’,” she said to You.
She revealed that AKA was bubbly and they had some fun banter before they left. Lynn also mentioned that one of the rapper’s last words to her was “I love you”.
“He kept teasing us about our trip in the country and said we were making as if we were going overseas. He hugged me said, ‘I love you’, and wished us a good weekend,” she continued.
As she drove off AKA blew kisses and this was how he said goodbye.
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