By Paidashe Mandivengerei
SOUTH AFRICAN hip hop icon Riky Rick born Rikhado Makhado has died Wednesday aged 34.
His cause of death has not yet been public.
Riky Rick is survived by his wife Bianca Naidoo and two children.
In 2018 he took a sabbatical from live performances after struggling with chronic depression. He later revealed that his father’s death had put him in a ‘dark space’.
Speaking on his podcast Lab Live in 2020 he had said: “I lost my father at a time when I needed the help. I lost him at a time when I needed that voice. A lot of people don’t understand that you can never replace the voice of a father. It wasn’t like he just died, it was like 18 years, living with your dad for a year, and then going back to your mom. I love being with my mom but living with him for a year. A child is never meant to live without his parents.”
He last tweeted: “I’ll return a stronger man. This land is my home” at 0320 hours today, a post which has been interpreted as his last call for help.
