By Jimmy
The death of Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as MohBad, hit the internet on Tuesday.
Amidst alleged plans by his family members to usurp all of his properties and leave his wife hanging to video clips on the platform formerly known as Twitter showing a series of bullying by some of his colleagues, his death continues to generate controversy after controversy.
Mohbad, however, is not the only famous Nigerian artiste to bite the dust at an early age. Ikejabird presents a compilation of these individuals, starting with the recently deceased himself.
Mohbad
Mohbad is a former Marlian Record signee who died at the age of 27 and the latest one of the Nigerian artistes who died at an early age.
He released his debut album, “Light EP”, in the fourth quarter of 2020 as a follow-up to his viral song “Ponmo”, which featured Naira Marley and Lil Kesh. He left the Marlian Record belonging to Nigerian singer, Azeez Fashola aka Naira Marley, in February 2022.
Mohbad was best known for his hit singles Ponmo, Feel Good, and Ko Por Ke with Rexxie which was nominated three times for The Headies Awards 2022. He had also collaborated with several artistes including Naira Marley, Davido, Zlatan, Oladips, Small Doctor, Lil Kesh, Bella Shmurda, and Lil Frosh amongst others.
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Dablixx Osha
Nigerian rapper and songwriter, Oniyide Azeez, popularly known as Dablixx Osha, is another one of the Nigerian artistes who died at an early age. He was born on August 27, 1995, in Lagos State, and died at the age of 27 on November 8, 2022.
He was reported to complain about stomach ache on November 7, 2022, and he was later rushed to a hospital where he died.
The late rapper focused on Trap music and some of his hit songs include “No feelings”, “Eruku”, Dagrin came back”, “Dagrin Kamal” and many others.
Goldie
Susan Oluwabimpe Harvey, popularly known as “Goldie”, was born on 23 October 1981 and died February 14, 2013. She was a Nigerian professional singer and a Big Brother Africa star who won several African music awards, including a Top Naija Music Award. She also appeared on Big Brother Africa in 2012 which was her first TV appearance.
Goldie was said to have complained of a severe headache shortly after returning to Nigeria from the US where she had attended the music industry’s Grammy Awards. She was rushed to a hospital in Lagos, where she was pronounced dead.
Her genre of music was R&B, pop, rap, electropop. Some of her songs include: Jawo jawo, Don’t touch, Who we are, Point and kill, Breathe again, amongst others.
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Kefee
Obareki Don Momoh, popularly known as Kefee, was a Nigerian gospel singer and another one of the famous Nigerian artistes who died at an early age.
She was born in Sapele, Delta State on February 5, 1980, and died on February 12, 2014, at the age of 34.
The singer was reportedly said to have fallen into a coma while on a flight to Chicago, United States of America. The plane was forced to make an emergency landing and she was rushed into the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital in Los Angeles.
She was awarded the International Young Ambassador for Peace Award in 2009. Kefee also won the 2010 Headies Awards for Best Collaboration with Timaya for “Kokoroko”.
Some of her songs include Kokoroko, Africa, Branama, Celebrate, Congratulations, and many more.
Dagrin
Oladapo Olaonipekun, popularly called Dagrin, is probably the most popular one of the Nigerian artistes who died at an early age on April 22, 2010. Up until his death, he was a promising and fast-rising Nigerian indigenous rapper who was fondly known for his song “Pon Pon Pon”.
Dagrin was in the spotlight before rappers like Ycee, CDQ, Ladipoe, Falz, Chinko Ekun, and others. Even Olamide had severally referenced Dagrin in his songs.
Some of his hit singles include Pon pon pon, Ghetto Dream, and Thank God, Kondo, among many others. In 2010, he was nominated for the Nigerian Entertainment Awards for Best Album, Hottest Single “Pon Pon Pon”, Best Rap Act, and Best Collaboration with vocals.
Dagrin reportedly rammed his newly acquired Nissan Maxima into a stationary truck at night in front of the Alakara Police Station in Mushin, Lagos State, on April 14, 2010, and was taken to two hospitals for treatment. Unfortunately, he died after eight days in a coma as a result of the car accident.
His demise remains one of the most prominent tragedies in the Nigerian music industry.
