Costa Titch’s family has finally found closure after more than a year since his death, as the autopsy report revealed the actual cause of his passing.
The 28-year-old rapper collapsed while performing at the Ultra Music Festival at the Expo Centre in Johannesburg on March 11, and there were speculations that he died from drugs, poison or epilepsy.
However, the autopsy report, which was shared by his family, revealed that there was,”significant strain on Costa’s heart, unbeknown to him, compounded by enduring stress and fatigue,” that “likely led to an irregular heartbeat, triggering the seizure that claimed his life.”
Costa’s mother, Lara Langeveld, said that he now can rest and feels content and wants to clear her son’s legacy.
“My priority was to find out what caused my son’s death. Society judges musicians by their appearance and people thought my son was on drugs. I know Costa hated drugs, we were very close,” she said.
“Costa loved children and would never have wanted them to think he was on drugs and I know that was the message he wanted to send out.”
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Lara said she wanted answers as to why there was a delay in getting her son to the hospital and what transpired in between.
“I’ve still got questions regarding [what happened] when he fell off the stage because he only died two hours afterwards and Milpark and Baragwanath are just around the corner. They put him in an ambulance and drove him from one media tent to the next media tent, took him out of the ambulance and left him there to wait for a helicopter. Why not drive him straight to the hospital?”
Lara said she believed Costa Titch’s travelling to “25 countries in one year” put a strain on his health but knows he died doing what he loved.
“He did what he loved. It’s hard for me, but I know he loved music. I have to accept this. This gives me a bit of closure. He has to rest now and at least it puts all these rumours with people saying drugs and all of that stuff off him, because he honestly was not that.”
