Riky Rick death: DJ Black Coffee breaks at memorial service

The DJ spoke about how Riky was always giving off positive vibes and how he showed unconditional love to people. He also spoke about how he was the life of the party even though he was struggling privately and remembered how the rapper reached out for help from him.

“In November, after a night out with Riky and some few friends, early in the morning I woke up and got a message from Riky. He was like ‘OG, Sorry to do this to you but I need to talk to you. I’m going through so much. I don’t wanna let people down, can we please meet.’ I was like, this guy, last night he was the life of the party and I didn’t see anything … and I was like, ‘OK cool, let’s meet.’”

The DJ said they couldn’t meet immediately and even though he followed up with Riky, the meeting never happened. In retrospect, Coffee said he believed Riky didn’t want the follow-up meeting.

“I realised that Riky actually didn’t want to meet. He just wanted to let me know where he was and how he was feeling. Riky knew that there’s nothing I can do for him. Riky had his own relationship with God, they spoke to each other.”

Before concluding, Black Coffee talked about his own emotional rollercoaster.

“Last week Wednesday, going through my own emotional turmoil, in my moment of weakness, I put up a tweet. And I then realised that people are now concerned, asking what’s going on … I didn’t want that, then I deleted the tweet. Thursday I woke up to Riky’s news and the first thing I thought of was my tweet. Riky saw my tweet and I was the strong OG Riky called. He called me … and now the strong OG is weak.

“I could not take Riky’s death. I was destroyed because I blamed myself so much. I even blame myself for not trying hard enough to see him. I thought I should have done better. Maybe I should have called his mom.”

The DJ said he is now comforted by old interviews and interactions that have showed him that Riky knew he wasn’t going to be here for long.

-TL

In other news – You gonna be alright, I’m out: Riky Rick’s last words to Cassper Nyovest

Following the tragic death of Riky Rick last week, many fans assumed that he had died not making peace with former friend Cassper Nyovest.

The once close industry colleagues allegedly fell out over music interests and sadly, did not reconcile in public. But Cassper has revealed that Riky did in fact leave him with parting words prior to his alleged suicide on Wednesday 24 February. Learn More