Sunday will be the first anniversary of the deaths of amapiano stars and DJs Killer Kau, Mpura, The Voice, Thando Tot and Thando TD who all died in a tragic accident in Rustenburg.
Friends and family of the artists are set to commemorate the lives of the late musicians by coming together in a ceremony dubbed The Big Five Link Up which is a name used to refer to the stars. Those attending will travel to Rustenburg in a convoy to lay flowers where the stars lost their lives.
The stars died on August 7 last year. The convoy will return to Westpark cemetery and Nasrec Memorial Park in Johannesburg where they were laid to rest.
The late amapiano musician Killer Kau's manager Mpho Makua, who is one of the organisers, told TshisaLIVE they hope this is the start of a long and lasting legacy.
“So, we've been trying to do something for the family because on August 7, it's gonna mark one year since the passing of the guys. The whole idea came about as a way to remember the guys. Have a day that culture celebrates the existence of the guys and the work they've done for the culture. So the big family was started from that do try to do that as a financial solution for the family, because we understand that some of the guys were breadwinners for the families and them not being around had a burden of the financial structure of the families they are from.”
He said they created the movement and have full support and consent from the families to celebrate the legacies of the young creatives.
“We tried to make this more about celebrating the legacy of the guys and taking into consideration that they really played a huge role in the creative industry as musicians and basically a team of creative arts as young entrepreneurs. So what's going to be happening on the day is we're going to start off with a convoy that's going to go straight to the scene where the guys passed away and we're gonna have a candle light ceremony there and we're gonna change the flowers that were placed on the scene. And we're gonna do the same thing from Rustenburg and go straight to the gravesite and have a candlelight ceremony there and also have a prayer and candle ceremony and then have a hangout later because when they passed on we had Covid-19 so a lot of people couldn't make it to the funeral and after tears because cops were chasing people away.”
Mpho said this event is a build-up to a benefit concert, the proceeds of which will go to the families.
“The families are part of the organisation. Ideally we wanted to have a benefit concert from the convoy where people could purchase tickets and the proceeds from the concert go straight to the families. But then we had to change that idea and moved it. And of course, the announcement about the concert will be made later this month.”
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