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    BREAKING: Music legend Majek Fashek is dead

    Chronicle EditorBy Chronicle EditorJune 2, 2020No Comments2 Mins Read
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    Nigeria music legend, singer, songwriter and guitarist, Majekodunmi Fasheke popularly known as Majek Fashek is dead.

    According to reports, the Send Down the Rain star, aged 57 died in a hospital in New York on Monday June 1.

    Sources close to the internationally recognised reggae star did not confirm the cause of his death at the time of this report.

    Born in Benin City to an Edo mother and a Ijesha father, Majek Fashek identified more with his Benin roots.

    He however sang in English language, Pidgin English and Yoruba language the local dialect of his father.

    In the early 80s, Fashek, who at the time went by the stage name Rajesh Kanal, joined the group Jastix with McRoy Gregg, and Drummer Black ‘Rice. They were best known as the in-house band on the show Music Panorama on NTA Benin, and toured with fellow reggae group The Mandators.

    In 1988, shortly after Jastix disbanded Fashek, who now used the name Majek Fashek, signed with Tabansi Records and began a solo career by releasing the album Prisoner of Conscience and quickly became Nigeria’s top reggae artist after the song “Send Down The Rain” became the most popular song of the year, and in 1989 he won six PMAN awards for “Song of the Year”, “Album of the Year”, and “Reggae Artist of the Year” among others.

    Fashek was married to Rita Fashek who inspired the song “Without You”; the couple had four children together, but have since divorced. In 2015, it was revealed that Fashek was bankrupt and battling drug addiction. After admitting that he needed help, he was admitted into a drug rehabilitation centre in Abuja, but has since recovered, and returned to music.

    Besides his struggle with drug addiction, other health conditions required his hospitalization on several occasions. He was rumored dead in September 2019 but his manager quelled the rumors, confirming that Majek had indeed been critically ill, hospitalized at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, England, and in dire need of financial assistance

    Also known as The Rainmaker, he has worked with various artists worldwide, including Tracy Chapman, Jimmy Cliff, Michael Jackson, Snoop Dogg, and Beyoncé.

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