-from CNN.com
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) -- South African pop singer Lebo Mathosa, a leading star of the country's home-grown "kwaito" style of hip-hop music, was killed in a car crash on Monday, her manager said.
"Unfortunately, Lebo was killed in a car accident in the early hours of this morning," Linzy Cowley told the SAPA news agency. "We send our condolences to her family and friends."
Mathosa, 29, died when her driver apparently lost control of their vehicle on a highway near Johannesburg, SAPA said.
Mathosa rose to fame in 1994 as a singer and dancer for the award-winning group Boom Shaka and went solo in 2000. In 2004 her album "Drama Queen" topped local charts and she was a featured performer in the 2005 launch of MTV's Africa music channel, MTV Base.
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