Popular Chinese actor and singer Zhang Yiyang has been executed for the death of his underage girlfriend.
Zhang Yiyang became the first-ever Chinese celebrity to be executed by firing squad.
The Intermediate People’s Court of Xianyang in North Shaanxi Province made a report of his public execution in July 2025.
According to the report, the actor was executed on December 18, 2024, for attacking his 16-year-old girlfriend with a knife in 2022, cutting her left carotid artery, jugular vein, trachea, and oesophagus, which, after massive bleeding, led to her death.
Zhang started dating the victim in September 2021, before the victim proposed breaking up after a dispute.
After the murder, he took away the deceased’s mobile phone and discarded the knife and other weapons and related items in a reservoir to destroy evidence.
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On the following day, he attempted to commit suicide at a hotel but was discovered by one of the hotel workers, who reported to the police.
His popular songs include ‘I Only Care About People Who Care About Me’, ‘So Care About You’ and ‘Crying Man’.
Nigerian singer and songwriter Adekunle Kosoko, aka Adekunle Gold, has denied rumours that he had a “bone marrow transplant”.
He made this known in a recent post on X while debunking rumours circulating online about his health.
It all started when a netizen asserted that the singer had a medical procedure while responding to a question by another fan online.
The X user went on to suggest that the transplant will mitigate the effects of sickle cell anaemia on the father of one.
Responding to a tweet, the fan wrote, “Yes, he has, but since he’s had a bone marrow transplant, I don’t think it affects him that much anymore.”
Reacting to the innuendos, Adekunle
Gold denied undergoing a “bone marrow transplant”, stating that the claims are baseless.
He said, “It is how you people will just say things you don’t even know with so much confidence. No, I haven’t had a bone marrow transplant.”
Adekunle Gold had earlier revealed that he is battling sickle cell anaemia in his 2022 song, ‘5 Star’.