Riky Rick dies: South African rapper dead aged 34

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Rapper Riky Rick has died at the age of 34, his family has confirmed.The Family Values rapper, whose real name is Rikhado Muziwendlovu Makhado, leaves behind his wife, two kids, his mother, and five siblings. His family shared a statement announcing the heartbreaking news today, Wednesday 23 February, which read: "Son, husband, father, brother and uncle, Riky 'Ricky' Makhado (34) sadly passed away in the early hours of this morning (23rd February) in Johannesburg. "Affectionately known as Riky Rick across the globe, he was deeply loved by his family, friends and the entire entertainment industry.

Jamie Lang Keshet International has boarded Darrel Bristow-Bovey and Anton Visser’s South African series “Paradys,” selected as a finalist for next month’s Series Mania Co-Pro Pitching Sessions. Keshet international joins Quizzical Pictures as a production partner and will handle global distribution of the finished series.Described as a “tense, character-driven murder mystery,” the series is based on Orania, a real city in South Africa where, 25 years after apartheid, segregation still holds strong.

risky business.The 59-year-old action star proved that he still does his own stunts accomplishing a “Top Gun” moment on Tuesday when he landed his own helicopter in South Africa.And in typical Tom Cruise fashion, he was smiling and waving the whole time.Gillian Soames, who lives in Hoedspruit, said the “Jack Reacher” actor has flown by her town several times, but she got to witness his mega-watt smile up close when she snapped photos of him expertly landing the chopper.“For the last week, he has driven past my house two or three times a day and flies over every day and night to wherever they are filming that day,” she told South West News Service.In fact, Soames said that Cruise was staying just a few hundred meters from her home and has been a “delight” to locals.“I must have seen him 11 times now,” she added, “but yesterday was the first time he took off his mask to smile for us so we could see his face.” Soames, 49, also added it’s the first time she’s seen him flying the helicopter on his own, though the veteran actor is well-known for doing his own risky stunts — like recently when he was photographed riding atop a speeding train and grinning for fans and paparazzi. “It was also the first time he flew the chopper himself,” she noted to SWNS.

photographer Frank de Beer told Caters News Agency of the acci-dental video, which was filmed in Balule Nature Reserve on Feb. 7.The fotog reportedly got the jaw-some shot by leaving the video camera on a dirt path frequented by lions in an effort to get one of the big cats to pick it up in its maw.