AKA album to be released next week

JOHANNESBURG - Kiernan 'AKA' Forbes latest album will drop next week.

His family has decided to go ahead with the release of 'Mass Country' as planned.

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AKA first announced the album in January via his social media accounts.

His collaborators say he worked extremely hard over the last two years to produce it.

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The Forbes family says they are honouring his legacy by choosing to continue with the release.

AKA was gunned down in Durban last Friday while leaving a restaurant on Florida Road.

His death rocked the music fraternity and the country.