{"id":40484,"date":"2020-06-02T10:46:54","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T09:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=40484"},"modified":"2020-06-02T11:20:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T10:20:42","slug":"legendary-reggae-icon-majek-fashek-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/legendary-reggae-icon-majek-fashek-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Reggae Icon, Majek Fashek Is Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian music legend and reggae icon, Majekodunmi Fasheke also known as Majek Fashek is dead.<\/p>\n<p>Majek\u2019s Manager, Omenka Uzoma confirmed the sad news on the late singer\u2019s official Instagram handle on Monday 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0 of June.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today been having pressure calls, well, it is true that the African No. 1 Legendary ICON has gone to be with the LORD his Maker,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that, &#8220;Let celebrate him, his achievements,\u00a0 and his family, whatever decision made by his immediate family will be notified.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He came into the limelight and got global attention in the late 80s with his &#8216;Send Down The Rain&#8217; track which he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Benin City, the legend played a role in the 2000 Nollywood movie titled &#8216;Mark of the Beast.&#8217;<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>His hit track, Send Down the Rain came from his 1988 hit album &#8216;<i>Prisoner of Conscience&#8217;.<\/i> The hit track gave him multiple awards and also game him the title &#8216;<b>Rainmaker&#8217;.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The late musician also had worked with various artists worldwide including Tracy Chapman, Jimmy Cliff, Michael Jackson, Snoop Dogg and <a title=\"Beyonc\u00e9\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beyonc%C3%A9\">Beyonc\u00e9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His other works include &#8216;So long too long&#8217;, &#8216;Holy Spirit&#8217;, &#8216;Prisoner of Conscience&#8217;, &#8216;Majek Fashek in a New York&#8217;, &#8216;Kpangolo&#8217;, among many other hits.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian music legend and reggae icon, Majekodunmi Fasheke also known as Majek Fashek is dead. 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