Tyla continues to fly the South African flag high internationally.
Keitumetse Maako/ News24
In February this year, the music industry and beyond was dealt a significant blow when multi-award-winning rapper, AKA, was shot and killed, alongside his friend and former manager friend Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane, in Durban.
As many struggled to come to terms with the Fella In Versace hitmaker’s sudden death, little did they know that the country was readying to send sultry singer Tyla out into the world to fly the South African flag high, similar to how SupaMega had throughout his career.
As the country mourned, Tyla announced she would join controversial American singer-songwriter Chris Brown on the European leg of his tour, which marked only the beginning of her career’s unimaginable trajectory.
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