Forbes family slams Melinda’s book

JOHANNESBURG - The parents of the late rapper Kieran ‘AKA’ Forbes have distanced themselves from Melinda Ferguson’s new book ‘When Love Kills: The tragic tale of AKA and Anele’, describing it as “distateful and opportunistic”.

Excerpts from the book published on Monday described details about AKA and Anele’s fractured relationship, with details about how just a month after paying lobola for Anele, she had allegedly thrown her engagement ring at him the night before she died.

The book also shared details that Anele had been uneasy about DJ Zinhle, the mother of AKA’s daughter Kairo. It is alleged the couple had been arguing about her the night before she died.

Anele’s father, Moses, is also quoted saying his daughter had reported that the late rapper was allegedly hurting her, but he admits he did not intervene.

“I should have done something more,” he is quoted as saying in the book. “I live with so many regrets because of this”.

On Monday, the Forbes family, through AKA’s parents Tony and Lynn Forbes, issued a media statement, saying they were not associated in any way with the book and do not endorse it.

“When Melinda reached out to us we respectfully and rightfully declined to contribute to her book,” said the Forbes.

“At this stage we cannot give any further comment on the book as we are unaware of its contents. We do however find the intended publication of the book and the timing distasteful and opportunistic.” Ferguson confirmed her new book on the tragic tale of AKA and Anele, last week after news was leaked on social media.

Ferguson, responding to her Facebook followers at the time, shared that she spoke intensively to both sides of the families and received permission from Anele’s father. In a separate post following the mixed reaction to the book, Ferguson explained why she penned the book on the tragedy of the couple that made national headlines.

X/@MpumalangaPost) (Photo: The book is expected to be published this month.

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