HHP tombstone drama: Lerato rejects calls for crowdfunding

'Do you think this would have happened if I was in control?'

19 November 2019 - 13:16
By Kyle Zeeman
Jabulani 'HHP' Tsambo died in October 2018.
Image: Gallo Images/Oupa Bopape Jabulani 'HHP' Tsambo died in October 2018.

HHP's widow Lerato Sengadi has rejected calls for crowdfunding to erect a tombstone at her husband's grave, hitting back at suggestions she has neglected the site.

Lerato faced a barrage of questions this week after two of the rapper's friends visited his simple grave to take him a โ€œbluntโ€.

The grave, covered with a basic concrete slab and bricks, caught the attention of many, who flooded Lerato's mentions with questions about the absence of a tombstone.

Some suggested she had neglected the rapper's grave after his death in October 2018, a claim she strongly denied.

She said all questions about the lack of a tombstone should be addressed to the family.

โ€œDo you think I would let this kind of sh*t happen if it was in my control?! A stone fit for the king he is would have been erected same day!โ€

Several attempts by TshisaLIVE to contact the family were unsuccessful at the time of publishing this article.

Lerato said it was not about money, but she wouldn't erect a stone in secret.

โ€œI will not erect a stone under some cloak and dagger vibe. I will erect the one he wanted and have it blessed accordingly, and have him lay like the king he is. And Modimo le Badimo willing I will do so,โ€ Lerato wrote.

Fans even suggested a crowdfunding page to raise money to buy a tombstone.

This, too, was rejected by Lerato.