Rapper AKA has issued a public statement in response to reports of alleged “violence and drugs” in his relationship with his late fiancée Nelli Tembe, saying he would not be drawn into exposing their troubles as a couple to defend himself against “one-sided views”.
The rapper’s statement comes in the wake of a News24 report, which claimed to have seen images where “AKA can be seen using his hands to violently break down a wooden door to enter the bedroom in their apartment in Bryanston, Johannesburg where Tembe was hiding”. The incident allegedly took place on March 13. 
SundayWorld also reports that the alleged use of drugs and incidents of violence plagued the couple’s relationship. However, AKA slammed the insinuations, labelling them as an “attempt to disparage his name and Anele’s character”.
The rapper admitted that he and Nellie had faced troubles in their relationship but said he refused to be drawn into exposing those in the wake of Nelli’s death. Nelli died on April 11, after apparently falling from the 10th floor of the Pepperclub hotel in Cape Town. The matter has been under investigation by police.
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