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Major League DJz was with Riky Rick when he died. The rapper committed suicide on February 23, 2022, at his residence in Johannesburg’s northern suburbs.
Rick’s mother, Louisa Zondo, wrote a book about her late son’s dying moments and how the twins discovered him hanging in his garage.
“Sheikani called to say Rikhado’s friend Bheki Nkentshane had managed to pry the studio key out from under the gap at the bottom of the door and unlocked it.
“He and the Major League DJ twins Bandile and Banele Mbere found Rikhado hanging from a rafter and cut him down. A bellowing noise sent me rolling on the back seat of the car,” Zondo wrote.
The name of the book is Dearest MaRiky — A Mother’s Journey through Grief, Trauma, and Healing. Speaking to TshishaLIVE about her healing journey, she said:
“At some point, it felt like I could not proceed. I desperately needed help. This is when I started intensive [work] which has been painful and healing at the same time.”
“Even though for a long time I felt extreme longing and pain when engaging with memories of my son — images of him, a sense of his presence in various spaces, his music and material on the internet — engaging with the memory of my son was the very thing I was drawn to,” she added.
An Instagram post earlier this month, she encouraged more and more people to never stop telling their stories. She also shared that the book about her son’s suicide is a significant mark in her journey of healing.
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