Who is Global Boga? YouTuber Nicole Thea's husband says 'world's taken away' after death of wife and unborn son
The husband of YouTube star Nicole Thea who died carrying their unborn son has expressed his grief saying that "my world's been taken away". Afrobeat star Global Boga whose real name is Jeffrey Frimpong opened up about the grief of losing his "guardian angel" who passed away last July while she was eight months pregnant with their unborn baby Reign.
“I thought I wasn’t going to make it. In my brain, I had discussions with the man up there, because what else have I got? Like, I’ve been in this country alone. Alone. And it’s been so hard," he told BBC's Newsbeat. "I met my queen, I met my guardian angel, and in two years, it just vanished."
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Boga shared that he clearly remembers his final moments with Thea but he has to "keep it moving". He said: "When I close my eyes like this now, it’s just the last moment of what happened, me and her. Her love is strong. So when I close my eyes that is literally all I see. And I have to open my eyes because I don’t want to get to the end of that, because it still doesn’t make sense until now. So I just keep my strength to myself, and keep it moving."
He added: "She showed me some kind of thing that no matter what you’re going through, we’re one. And you’re OK." And he wants nothing more than people to remember her by that love, adding: "That’s all I want you guys to know. Look at the way she loved me. My world has been taken away." To cope with his grief, the dancer turned Afrobeat artist has turned to music and recorded EP 'The Pain'. He said: "Anything I feel now, I just express through music. But when you listen to it you’re not going to hear any pain. I want to take people [away] from that. Let’s start dancing. We’re not dancing because I’ve lost my wife and son. But we’re dancing because there’s a better reign, you know?"
Who is Global Boga?
Boga is a dancer and member of the three-piece dance and rap group Ghana Boys. The group has appeared in the music video for Davido’s 'If' and has released their own songs including Tundra and Global. Boga and Nicole often appeared in each others’ social media posts with the couple regularly posting videos of them dancing together. He also provided vocals for Nicole’s theme song 'Nico Nico'.
Boga and Nicole had announced that they were expecting in April 19, 2020, by posting a video of the two of them dancing on Nicole’s Instagram. Her caption read: "👶🏾👣 We can’t hide this any longer, secrets out.. GOD gave us the biggest blessing yet. I’m finally creating a beautiful little human inside of me. Can’t believe this bubba will be half of me and half of the loml. Honestly, @global_boga has been the best support EVER and GOD made no mistakes making him the father. We are already obsessed with you our little miracle baby. Thank you for choosing us to be your parents and best friends."
Thea, 24, died at her home in Hexborough, Yorkshire, after telling her partner that she was suffering from chest and back pains. The cause of death remain unknown and no inquest has yet taken place. Her uncle Charles Murray earlier said that the family believed that she suffered a "massive heart attack". She had been struggling to breathe in the weeks before her death and had told her 123,000 Instagram followers and 76,000 YouTube subscribers that she felt like something was killing her from inside.