Côte d’Ivoire: Tina Glamour reveals the truth about the exact circumstances of her daughter Carla’s death

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Still in fresh pain, Tina Glamour decided to speak. Invited to The Code this Friday, November 21, 2025, the Ivorian artist and mother of the king of couper-décaler DJ Arafat unveiled, without beating around the bush, what really caused her daughter Carla’s death, taken after long months of suffering.

“Honestly, my daughter was very sick. I’m going to use The Code to explain what she died of. My daughter was a victim of mysticism,” she said by way of introduction. According to her, Carla’s school years were marked by bad company that pushed her toward drug use. “She got a bit into drugs which caused a perforation of her lung. That’s what took her,” she confided, visibly moved.

For the singer, nothing hinted that her daughter was using dangerous substances. “I didn’t know my daughter was using. […] There are drugs that are silent killers,” she warns. In her view, Carla had been influenced by her circle. “She was led along. There were lots of girls who were being led along,” she lamented.

Lung perforation — a battle lost from the start?

Tina Glamour says she tried everything to save her daughter despite pessimistic diagnoses. “When they ran the tests, one lung was really damaged. The doctor told me, ‘Listen, I’m sorry to tell you this, I’d rather drain the abscess, she’s doomed, she won’t last.’” A terrible announcement she says she faced alone before informing the child’s father, Mr. Kéké.

Contrary to rumors accusing her of having abandoned Carla, the artist insists she stayed with her daughter until her last breath. “I don’t abandon my children. My children are me. If I abandon my children, it means I’m abandoning myself, my soul and my body.” She recounts the months of hospitalization, the stairs climbed daily because of her claustrophobia, and the financial sacrifices she says she had to make.

Carla, hospitalized for nine long months, reportedly showed admirable strength despite the illness. “She held on like a lioness, like a warrior,” Tina Glamour confided. She recalls having cleared an entire room to give her daughter a dignified space, watched and assisted constantly. She even says she used the fee from a show in London. “My fee was 35 million” to get her out of the hospital and try one last hope for recovery. Unfortunately, Carla Kéké died on February 22, 2022.

Beyond the account, Tina Glamour wanted to turn her testimony into a warning to young people tempted by drugs. “Drugs kill. […] Whoever uses that is a coward, someone who doesn’t want to face the reality of life,” she advised.