A bike riding incident with colleague Patricia Nabakoza turned tragic when the brakes failed and they hit a trench.Patricia escaped with injuries and was admitted to the ICU but Alex was sadly not so lucky, he passed away throwing his fans into mourning.
Close to two years after Alex's untimely death, the Ghetto kids are now winning the world once again in French Montana and Swae Lee’s video ‘Unforgettable’ that was shot in Kampala, Uganda.
But they have not forgotten their fallen comrade and one of them wore a t-shirt written Alex as they showed off their incredible dance moves in the video that now has over 6.8 Million views on You Tube.
French Montana who hails from Morocco discovered the Ghetto Kids after watching one of their dance moves on You Tube and decided to employ their skills in ‘Unforgettable’.
During a recent interview with Billboard Magazine, French said “I listen to a lot of African music. I was on the computer going through it, and I ran across these kids. I was a fan and I felt like I saw me in them, 'cause I grew up in Africa when I was their age. I was doing the same thing they were doing. In my head, I was playing "Unforgettable." They were just dancing and I fell in love with it and said, "I gotta find these kids." It was something new; it was a breath of fresh air. With having gone through living in poverty and being happy with nothing, they channel that through their dance moves and their energy. “
And so last March he traveled with Swae Lee of Rae Sremmurd to Uganda to film the visual for their track and here it is: