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Kiddwaya of Big Brother Naija has sparked outrage after implying that South African Amapiano hitmaker Costa Titch died of a drug overdose.
Terseer Kiddwaya, real name Terseer Kiddwaya, shared his thoughts in a video posted to his Twitter account.
The Amapiano hitmaker, real name Costantinos Tsobanoglou, died on stage after collapsing unexpectedly over the weekend. The rapper was performing at Johannesburg’s Ultra Music Festival. He was 28 years old at the time.
In the clip posted over the weekend, Kiddwaya revealed his shock at Costa Titch’s sudden death. He also called in industry authorities to “protect” artists.
He said: “This is a message to managers, PR, and people behind the scenes. We have to do more to protect artists. We have to do regular blood checks, blood pressure checks, and check if they’re ok mentally and physically.
“If you feel like something is wrong, cancel the show. You might have some financial losses, but nothing is bigger than a loss of a life”.
The Big Brother star then seemingly insinuated that drugs were involved in Costa Titch’s death.
“A lot of these artists are taking drugs to escape the world and carry the expectations and pressures from everybody.
“They’re taking drugs, and they’re taking them in heavy doses. And when they go on stage with all the excitement and energy, most of the times they have heart attacks”.
Kiddwaya captioned the clip: “COSTA! What happened was extremely sad and avoidable.”
COSTA!!! what happened was extremely sad and avoidable and we have to do more to protect the artists!!! 💔 #RIPCostaTitch pic.twitter.com/bN2G5udi6t
— Kiddwaya 🌓 (@RealKiddWaya) March 12, 2023
But just days later, the businessman backtracked on his claims. In an Instagram Live, he said, “I never said Costa Titch was on drugs. I said that we need to do more to protect our artists in the industry”.
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Following Kiddwaya’s controversial claims, many fans of Costa Titch clapped back at the star and his insinuations their music idols died from alleged drug use.
Here’s what tweeps had to say…
@NanSishange: “It wouldn’t cost a cent for you to wait for more information from family about the cause of death before making all these videos full of assumptions.”
@franksdonald: “Bad timing and insensitive. Let people grieve in peace.”
@iamMoEazy: “People who hung with Costa and knew him personally confirmed he didn’t drink nor smoke bro. This perception is wrong.”
@Seswasi4lifeL: “This guy said absolutely nothing. This was just a show-off.
Fellow Amapiano artist Busiswa also clapped back, tweeting: “A**hole couldn’t wait one more day to at least pronounce his name correctly before alluding Costa Titch had a drug problem, completely dismissing his ignorance on his medical history.”
She added: “You’re the son of a tycoon. You have no business telling self-made artists how to hustle”.
Asshole couldn’t wait 1more day to at least pronounce his name correctly before alluding Costa TITCH had a drug problem, completely dismissing his ignorance on his medical history. @kiddwaya You’re the son of a tycoon, you have no business telling selfmade artists how to hustle✋🏾 https://t.co/tgCSloqHcP
— Her Majesty (@busiswaah) March 12, 2023
Stop this BS bro, are you God that gives life? I know the brother personally, we hung out couple of times and He doesn't drink, smoke or do drugs. If you don't have anything productive to say just STFH https://t.co/ZqAxATnokc
— DJ Neptune #Greatness #Gelato (@deejayneptune) March 12, 2023