Nigerian rapper Ice Prince Zamani has opened up about the pain he still feels over the death of South African rapper, AKA.
He revealed that before AKA’s passing, there was a misunderstanding between them which they never got the chance to resolve.
Speaking on the G2G Podcast, Ice Prince recalled how AKA’s Twitter comments about Nigerians during the 2019 xenophobic attacks in South Africa led him to call out his colleague on social media. The incident made it appear as though they were not on good terms.
“I wish we got to speak about it [our misunderstanding] because we never. And it hurt me so bad because that’s my friend. AKA wasn’t just an artist that I collaborated with,” he said.
According to him, AKA was more than just a music partner. “He has been to my house in Lagos a couple of times. That’s my friend. It did hurt me that we never got to settle that misunderstanding,” he added.
Ice Prince admitted that the unresolved rift still weighs heavily on him. He said he has prayed to God for forgiveness and now finds peace whenever he remembers his late friend.
“But I have prayed about it so many times. I still see him in my prayers. Sometimes, when I’m praying I see him there. So, I know we are at peace. I know he looks out for me as one of my homeboys in heaven,” he expressed.
AKA, whose real name was Kiernan Forbes, was shot dead by a gunman outside a restaurant in Durban on February 10, 2023.
The trial into his murder is still ongoing.
