Mercury Prize-nominated rapper Ty dies from coronavirus aged 47

Mercury Prize-nominated rapper Ty has died (Picture: PA)Rapper Ty has died following a battle with coronavirus, it has been confirmed. Reps for the Mercury Prize-nominated rapper, real name Ben Chijioke, announced on Thursday evening (7 May), that Ty had died from Covid-19. According to The Voice newspaper, the 47-year-old musician had been admitted to hospital in early April after suffering complications with the virus. Ty was placed in a medically-induced coma shortly after and