Family and friends confirm the passing of Alaska member, Thabo ‘Crazy T’ Tsotetsi | Drum

Loopy T, one of many two remaining members of Alaska, has handed away.

He was engaged on his solo mission, working a profitable hair salon and gearing up for performances at this 12 months’s greatest Kwaito occasion occurring in October.

He was one in every of two remaining members of the Alaska kwaito group, and now there is just one surviving member. 

Musician and Alaska Kwaito group member Thabo ‘Loopy T’ Tsotetsi has died. 

Household, mates and followers have expressed their shock on the demise of the star.

His colleague, Siphiwe “Picat” Sibeko and longtime pal Puleng Mokoena confirmed to Drum that Loopy T from Meadowlands, Soweto handed away on Sunday morning whereas hospitalized at Bheki Mlangeni Hospital in Jabulani, Soweto. Puleng says she has been chatting to Thabo earlier than he went to the hospital, as a result of he has been complaining about flu. When she was checking up on him, another person answered the phoned and knowledgeable her that Thabo will not be in a great situation.

“I went to his salon to do my hair and that’s after I seen that he’s not okay. He advised me he’s not feeling nicely, and suspected that he’s coming down with flu, I advised him to go to the hospital, however he was cussed and advised me that he believes in taking herbs, however he finally went to the hospital final week Tuesday, and he was admitted. We continued to talk, and he was responding. I grew to become frightened after I texted him and he didn’t reply,” says Puleng whereas struggling to manage her tears.

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“On Saturday after I known as any person else answered his telephone, my physique obtained chilly, and the particular person advised me that Thabo will not be in good situation after which I started to get frightened,” she says.

“After I woke on Sunday morning, I acquired that information that Thabo handed away, and now nothing is sensible as a result of he was such an optimistic one that was at all times bubbly, did all the pieces with all his coronary heart. My final second with him was when he was reducing my hair and now, I’m ready for all the pieces to make sense. I haven’t got a lot to say on the matter however to reminisce on the great reminiscences we had and help his household by means of this troublesome time,” she says.

Puleng says she met Thabo his cousin, the award-winning producer Mandla ‘Spikiri’ Mofokeng and so they construct a strong friendship as a result of “he was a humble and all the way down to earth one that cherished music and dancing and needed to encourage younger youngsters from Meadowlands, and that was a part of the rationale why he didn’t transfer out of the township as a result of he needed to be a great position mannequin”.

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Alaska began out with 5 members LuckyMlakana, Thabo Tsotetsi, Les Ma-ada, Andrew Moloisane, and Sphiwe Picat. 

Now solely Siphiwe is left. The group was popularly identified for his or her hit songs Alaska and Accuse amongst others.

Thabo  was a part of the Kalawa Jazmee Information owned by Oskido, who additionally found Alaska. The report label posted a press release on their social media web page confirming the demise.

The assertion reads: “It’s with heavy hearts, that we affirm the demise of founding member of Alaska, Thabo Tshabalala. The contribution you made in direction of the music business lives on, you could have set a path, now we observe.”