Friends have paid tribute to a rapper and former footballer who was stabbed to death at Notting Hill Carnival.
Takayo Nembhard, who was known by the name TKorStretch, was knifed in front of hundreds of carnival revellers on Bank holiday Monday.
Ambulance services were called to attend to the 21-year-old before he was rushed to hospital and pronounced dead.
In a heartbreaking posts on Instagram, friends paid tribute to the former footballer, calling him a “good kid” and a “good guy”.
In an interview with WordPlay Magazine, Takayo shared how he had to stop playing football after sustaining an injury and used music as a way to keep himself focused.
Speaking at the time he said: "My passion when I was young was football.
"I used to play for Bristol Rovers, I was in the academy from the age of 6 to 16 but had an injury, I had a clot in my right leg, so I knew I wasn’t going to play for a while.
"Because of that I wanted to find something to keep me focused so I didn’t go insane. I liked singing so I was going to little studios here and there and then started taking it more seriously."
The 21-year-old had more than 300,000 plays on one of his songs on Spotify, and nearly 11,000 monthly listeners.
Takayo's manager Chris Patrick took to social media, using the musician's Instagram account.
He wrote: "Two years ago a young 19-year-old man came from Bristol to meet me at my studio with his dad, his name was Takayo Nembhard AKA TKorStretch.
“That meeting took us on a journey…we recorded some great music together. His talent was endless and I can tell you guy he was close to greatness!
"So it's with a heavy heart that I bring the news that Takayo (TKorStretch) passed away last night.
"He came from Bristol to simply have a good time at the London carnival and this is the end result!
"My deepest condolences to TK's mother and father, his brother and two sisters, girlfriend and child that will never meet his father!
"TK was a good kid, a good guy and what has happened breaks my heart... Rest in peace my friend."
The tragic music artist was a young footballer with Gloucestershire club Oaklands Park and previously played for Bristol Rovers' youth team.
Chris also paid tribute to him in a statement to the press, which read: "As you can imagine we are all in shock.
"He went to carnival with his younger sister and friends to have a good time.
"This is the worst possible ending for a talented kid."
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan tweeted that he was "sickened" by the fatal stabbing and called for anyone with information to come forward to police.
He wrote: "I am sickened by this awful attack.
"Violence has no place on our streets and we are doing everything in our power to root it out.
"I urge anyone with information to contact the police on 101 or anonymously by Crimestoppers UK. There is no honour in staying silent."
Owura Edwards, who plays for Championship club Bristol City, tweeted: "RIP man."
The Metropolitan Police has begun a murder investigation.
They said hundreds of people were in the immediate vicinity under the Westway flyover at the time.
Commander Alison Heydari said: "The atmosphere over the past two days has been largely positive and good natured as Carnival should be.
"Regrettably, on Monday evening we saw a number of violent incidents and a 21-year-old man has lost his life.
"Our thoughts are with his family as they come to terms with their terrible loss."
She added: "I would urge anyone who saw anything, who has video footage or who has any other information that could assist officers, to come forward."
