Pitch Black Afro is mourning the passing of his mother, after her reported passing last week.
The ex-convict and South African rapper shared with TshisaLive that he was grateful to have spent the past year with his mom before her passing.
Pitch Black Afro whose real name is Thulani Ngcobo served 3-years in prison after being convicted for the murder of his wife Catherine Modisane.
Initially, Afro was sentenced to 10-years, of which 5-years were suspended, and he was granted a special remission of sentence in August 2023.
Modisane was killed during an altercation, and died from blunt-force trauma to her head.
was discovered on December 31, 2018, at a bed and breakfast establishment in Johannesburg.
According to TshisaLive, Afro’s mother died while listening to the radio with the rapper and her loved ones.
The artist was planning on releasing a song for his mother in August for woman’s month.
“My mother passed away in front of us, while we were listening to radio stories on Ukhozi FM.
She asked us to put her on the couch as she was tired from standing, not knowing those were her last words. She was 82, I’ll always love her.
My mother and my wife where everything to me and I was planning to record a song for my mother in August, as it’s woman’s month, but it wasn’t meant to be.
She supported me in my trying times and stood tall for me while the country turned on me.”