The passing of a music legend - OJB Jezreel
"Jigga, as he is affectionately refered to by his Gbaja Street homies has been the creative force behind the numerous hits of a countless number of artistes. Name them, from Ruggedman, 2Face Idibia, Jazzman Olofin, Nomoreloss to Raskie, K-Show & Six-O, C-mion, Abounce, Jafaar, Amah, Funke, the list is endless"
THREE years after a kidney transplant operation in India, popular Nigerian music producer, singer and multi-instrumentalist, Babatunde Okungbowa, better known as OJB Jezreel, died in the early hours of yesterday in a Lagos hospital. He would have been 50 years old next month. According to a family source, OJB’s kidney had completely failed since last week and he was on dialysis to overcome the relapse before he gave up the ghost yesterday. The late music producer’s body was deposited in a morgue at the General Hospital, Isolo, Lagos. He is survived by three wives, Mabel, June and Korede, and eight children.
Last year, it was rumoured that OJB, who featured in a Yoruba movie after he returned from India, had suffered a setback and was in hospital. But the embattled song writer and producer refuted the rumour through an SMS broadcast. It would be recalled that the dreadlock-spotting producer was flown to India for a kidney transplant in 2013. The surgery was successful and he returned to Nigeria with his wife, Mabel, who donated the kidney.
A statement released online by a family source reads: “It is with sadness in our hearts that we report that Babatunde Okungbowa, known to the world as OJB Jezreel, passed on early this morning, Tuesday, June 14. “His kidney transplant had failed completely since last week. He was down with kidney-related disease, and consequently was flown to India for a transplant in 2013.”
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/06/legendary-ojb-jezreel-dies-3-years-kidney-transplant/
