Nigerian musician and crooner of ‘Danfo Driver’ a popular street anthem, Mad Melon, is dead.
He was said to have died on Wednesday in a Lagos hospital after a brief illness .
His death was confirmed by popular musician, Daddy Showkey in a video on his Instagram handle on Thursday, September 26, 2019.
“What kind of sad news is this, what kind of sad news is this, what kind of sad news is this,” Showkey repeatedly said in his video.
“Oh my God, we just lost somebody, I just heard it just now. I’m not happy at all, I’m not happy. When dem go dey tell people make dem dey hear, make dem dey hear,” Daddy Showkey said.
Mad Melon and his music partner, Mountain Black, became popular after their album titled Danfo Driver was released in 2003.
However, the fame of “Danfo Driver” waned over the years but they made the news again in 2018 when they got into a content theft fight with Tekno, a Nigerian afrobeat star over the sampling of their popular song, ‘Kpolongo.’
Source: YaahooJournalist
