By: Natasha Archary
“I love you daddy!”
These were Kairo Forbes short but heartbreaking words to her late father Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes.
The 7-year old took to her Instagram a week after her 35-year old rapper dad was laid to rest.
AKA was gunned down outside a restaurant in Florida Road, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal on 10 February.
Kairo who couldn’t hold back her tears at her dad’s memorial put together a montage of priceless moments she shared with her dad before his untimely passing.
The video included clips from when Kairo was born, to AKA feeding her a bottle of milk, and the milestone of presenting his daughter with a puppy.
When asked if AKA was a good dad, Kairo said, “Yes. He was a good dad, and I love him.”
Kairo’s video touched her 1.2 million followers with many sharing messages of comfort and prayers with her on her unimaginable loss.



