{"id":13894,"date":"2021-05-08T20:22:41","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T20:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2021\/05\/08\/rapper-aka-speaks-on-alleged-suspect-reports-in-girlfriends-death\/"},"modified":"2021-05-08T20:22:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T20:22:41","slug":"rapper-aka-speaks-on-alleged-suspect-reports-in-girlfriends-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2021\/05\/08\/rapper-aka-speaks-on-alleged-suspect-reports-in-girlfriends-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper AKA Speaks On Alleged &#8216;Suspect&#8217; Reports In Girlfriend&#8217;s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 id=\"h-south-african-hip-hop-rapper-kiernan-jarryd-forbes-known-professionally-as-aka-has-reacted- to-reports-of-him-been-a-suspect-in-the-death-of-his-girlfriend-nelli\">South African Hip Hop rapper Kiernan Jarryd Forbes, known professionally as AKA has reacted to reports of him been a suspect in the death of his girlfriend, Nelli.<\/h2>\n<h4 id=\"h-read-also-pop-smoke-was-gunned-down-by-a-15-year-old-teen-police-reveals\">READ ALSO: Pop Smoke Was Gunned Down By A 15-Year-Old Teen- Police Reveals<\/h4>\n<p>Recall the rapper\u2019s former girlfriend, Anele \u2018Nelli\u2019 Tembe allegedly committed suicide by jumping off from the 11th floor at the five-star Pepperclub Hotel in central Cape Town couple of weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>The rapper couple of weeks ago also announced that he was taking some time off from social media as he mourns his lover and returned just a couple of days ago by posting a photo of himself on his official Instagram page.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the rapper has responded to news reports that the police is investigating him in the role he played in the death of his former girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released and posted on his various social media platforms, the rapper has debunked the allegations stating he is just a cooperate witness in the investigations rather than \u2018been named as a suspect\u2019 as its been circulated in the media circles.<\/p>\n<p>AKA also revealed that he is aware of the people who are \u2018feeding\u2019 the media with such reports and using it as a weapon to set a negative narrative on his character as they are the very people Anele and himself loved and entrusted with their deepest troubles.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he owns up to his past and present traumas and that he has submitted himself to a psychological and spiritual counseling and suggest everyone who is still affected by the death of his former girlfriend to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>Read full statement below;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"770\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/E04irqGWYAAjM93-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-600878\"   data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<h4 id=\"h-read-more-efia-odo-catches-the-eye-of-bbc-with-fixthecountry-protest\">READ MORE: Efia Odo Catches The \u2018Eye\u2019 Of BBC With #FixTheCountry Protest<\/h4>\n<p><strong>SOURCE: GhGossip.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African Hip Hop rapper Kiernan Jarryd Forbes, known professionally as AKA has reacted to reports of him been a suspect in the death of his girlfriend, Nelli. READ ALSO: Pop Smoke Was Gunned Down By A 15-Year-Old Teen- Police Reveals Recall the rapper\u2019s former girlfriend, Anele \u2018Nelli\u2019 Tembe allegedly committed suicide by jumping off [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[642,222,647,646,641,645,643,644],"class_list":["post-13894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-aka","tag-alleged","tag-death","tag-girlfriends","tag-rapper","tag-reports","tag-speaks","tag-suspect"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rapper AKA Speaks On Alleged &#039;Suspect&#039; Reports In Girlfriend&#039;s Death - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2021\/05\/08\/rapper-aka-speaks-on-alleged-suspect-reports-in-girlfriends-death\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rapper AKA Speaks On Alleged &#039;Suspect&#039; Reports In Girlfriend&#039;s Death - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"South African Hip Hop rapper Kiernan Jarryd Forbes, known professionally as AKA has reacted to reports of him been a suspect in the death of his girlfriend, Nelli. 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