The passing of Riky Rick was also confirmed by his family on Wednesday evening and it has since swiftly became a major talking point on several social media platforms.
Fellow South African celebrities and ordinary citizens of the country have since taken to social media to send their condolences to his family and also paying homage to the late fallen star in the middle of this dark hour.
On Friday after brief absence on Instagram Sipho Khune who happens to be the older brother of the former Kaizer Chiefs and Bafana Bafana number one goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune took to his Instagram account to share a special moment he had with the late 𝘉𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘡𝘰𝘯𝘬𝘦 hitmaker. From the shared picture on the popular platform Sipho Khune and his friends were pictured alongside Riky Rick where it appear as if the late rapper was one of the guest performers in one of his shows.
From his shared post on Instagram Sipho Khune also took some time to pay homage to the late rapper whose tragic death recently shocked the nation. In the comment section Itumeleng Khune and his beautiful wife Sphelele Makhunga also decided to follow suit by paying homage to Riky Rick.
Besides being known as Itumeleng Khune’s older brother Sipho is also a successful career driven individual in his own right. According to information obtained Sipho currently serves as the Head of Logistics at The Khune foundation.
Born in a family of five in Tshing outside of Ventersdorp, Sipho Khune has other siblings namely Lucky, Meikie (the late), Jacob and Israel.