What a sad way to start the week as the Hip Hop fraternity mourns the death of much loved DJ, Citi Lyts. The man, real name Sandile Nkululeko Mkhize, who gave us the timeless hit, Vura, is now reunited with his older brother Hip Hop legend Pro Kid.
The news of Citi Lyts' death rocked social media as he apparently got shot 8 times during a hijacking last night in Soweto. This according to DJ C-LIVE and many other artists who confirmed his tragic death.
Citi Lyts was signed under Ambitiouz Entertainment and gave us timeless hits such as Malambane, Washa, Shishiliza and of course the ever so popular Vura.
Apart from his amazing talent, what many people do not know about Citi Lyts is that he is actually brothers with the late Pro Kid, real name Linda Mkhize.
And just like that , both my boys , the Mkhize brothers , are gone 💔💔💔😭. Citi Lyts , ProKid pic.twitter.com/4RC80LPGtN
In an interview with Drum, months after his brother's passing, Citi Lyts was left shell shocked of the way he passed away. Pro died from a bleeding pancreas and was found dead in his girlfriend's apartment. Rumours swirled that he had died of a drug overdose and that he was drunk. This did not help the family's grieving process at all.
Speaking to the publication, Citi Lytes said they had been working on their very first song together but he unfortunately met his demise.
He then later dedicated a song titled Cel'ukuthi which is vernac for 'May I Please Say.'
“Cel’Ukuthi is a party song, sort of like an after-tears celebration by artists who were influenced by big bro," he explained to the publication.
He said his death really took some time for him to accept, “I’m still going through a lot. I shared so many special moments with my bother and we had so many plans. I’m trying to accept it, but the pain won’t go away,” he said to the paper.
Speaking of the rumours which hurt him and his family, he said people accused him of splurging his brothers money recklessly.
“They said I inherited his money and was spending it recklessly and that he died in the arms of his side chick, Mandisa Mbanjwa, but I don’t know any of that.:
What was most painful though about his brother's death was that they had not seen each other for a month.
“We both had busy schedules and I was preparing to leave Ambitiouz Entertainment to be an independent artist. I’m sad I didn’t get to spend time with him in the last month of his life,” he explained. “I thought of many things, but I didn’t think he was dead. There was vomit all around the bed. I was too late – he was already gone.”
One thing Citi Lytes believes is that his friends who went partying with Pro Kid had some blame because they did not help him in any way.
“I was upset that his friends were chilling with him and they knew he was sick but didn’t take him to the doctor. They just went out and didn’t check up on him,” he says, shaking his head.
