On Monday, the family of late music legend Sir Victor Uwaifo announced that they were not affiliated with any reported intentions to raise money for the performer’s one-year anniversary by a group of individuals allegedly led by the late Uwaifo’s manager, Chris Eburu.

According to PUNCHNG, The family also purported that Eburu is currently standing trial over alleged forgery of the will of their late father.

Speaking to journalists in Benin, Edo State, family members including Uwaifo’s eldest child, Mrs Ogbomwen Reden, his son Goodman Uwaifo, and others accused Eburu of deceiving the people into participating in the project by using their father’s name.

“We know our father is a global figure that can be celebrated anywhere by his fans but not somebody who is already having issues and facing criminal charges. He is using a platform connected to my father’s Revelation Tourism Palazo to mobilise people for the event and we frown at that.

“My eldest brother is in the US, he is not aware of this, about eight, out of our father’s 12 children are not aware of this and they are not part of it,” Goodman Uwaifo said.

Mrs Reden alleged that the manager altered her late father’s will and brought in witnesses believed to be unknown to her father to sign as witnesses in the will.

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She said:

She said, “The witnesses are not the kind of persons my late father would associate with. My father cannot have an unmarried woman sign his will. My father was a very hard-working man till he died and I will not allow anybody to reap what he has laboured for. I am fighting for my father’s legacy.”

Reacting to the accusations, Chris said the issue of forgery was a matter already before the court and he would not comment on it. Addressing the fundraiser allegation, he said Uwaifo’s Revelation Tourism Palazzo Centre is an association and does not need the approval of the children of the late singer before it could carry out any anniversary ceremony for its late member.

Chris also insisted that the consent of the family was asked before plans for the anniversary were carried out.

Fondly called the guitar boy, Uwaifo died at 80 on August 28, 2021 at the Edo government-owned Stella Obasanjo Specialist Hospital, Sapele Road, Benin.

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Nigerian singers, DJ Cuppy and Rema have shared their favourite classic Nigerian songs respectively.

The two were guests on the #WhoWeBe Podcast where they asked about their favourite Nigerian oldies.

When the host stated that hers was Olufunmi by the music group, Styl-Plus, Cuppy jumped in stating it was also her favourite.

She and the host sang part of the song in excitement while Rema looked on.

Rema on the hand stated that his favourite oldie was Joroni by the late Sir Victor Uwaifo who is also from Benin like him.

He stated that the song made his childhood while Cuppy advised him to sample the song one day. Cuppy also revealed another favourite of hers was “Konko Below” by Lagbaja.

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The host in response revealed she used to be scared of him because of his mask.

When Cuppy reveals that Rema also wears a mask, the host stated that it was different because she knows what the “Calm Down” crooner looks like but has never seen Lagbaja’s face.

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What’s your own Naij classic song?

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Here is a compilation of the list of Nigerian music industry entertainers who are either artistes, producers, or label owners and have died in the year 2021.

Kashy Godson

The CEO of Cash Records, Babatunde Oyerinde aka Kashy Godson, 27, died on the 7th of March, 2021, after jumping from a storey building in Ghana.

This disastrous event happened minutes after his signee, Barry Jhay, posted a video of himself bleeding from the mouth after a severe beating by the deceased.

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Sound Sultan

Olanrewaju Fasasi, best identified as Sound Sultan, was a super-talented artist, songwriter, and producer.

He died on July 11, after a long-fought battle with Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, at the age of 45.

His music legacy spawned over a career of 20 years and more. Finally, the ‘Motherland‘ crooner was buried in New Jersey, United States on the 12th of July according to Islam rites.

Sir Victor Uwaifo

This is another talented Nigerian entertainer who died in the year 2021.

Sir Victor was a unique musician, songwriter, instrumentalist, sculptor, and university lecturer.

Throughout his career,  the music legend won several awards such as; first gold disc in Africa (Joromi) released in 1965 and seven other gold discs for ‘Guitar boy,” Arabade’, ‘Ekassa series’ and ‘Akwete music.’

Further, Sir Victor was recognized as Nigeria’s most educated performing music legend and artist with a Ph.D. in architectural sculpture.

His nephew, Uwaifo Peter de Rock, broke the news of his death on his Facebook page. He died on August 28, at the age of 80.

Obama DMW

In June 2021, the Nigerian music industry witnessed the death of another entertainer, Habeeb Uthman.

Fondly referred to as Obama DMW, he was a personal aide of the music sensation, Davido.

He passed away at Ever-care hospital in Lekki, Lagos, a few hours after driving himself to the hospital, where he complained of breathing difficulty.

During his lifetime, he was also the CEO of Obama Music Worldwide (OMW).

Dokta Frabz

Real name Ayorinde Faboro, aka Dokta Frabz, this renowned music producer died around the latter part of February 2021.

Reports surrounding the cause of his death were unclear as some reported he died from gunshots, while others supposed he died in his sleep.

However, up until his death, the beatmaker had worked with superstars like Wizkid, Davido, Omawumi, and so on.

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Lala (Nigerian entertainers who died in 2021)

In the month of March, popular “Idi Nla” crooner, Lala reportedly died after months of completing his Master’s degree.

The singer, who thrust into the spotlight after releasing ‘Idi Nla’ featuring the late rapper Dagrin, died on Tuesday, March 23, 2021, as announced by friends on Twitter.

BeatsbyJayy

On Sunday, November 21st, 2021, the shocking news hit the industry again, as the raving producer reportedly passed on.

Beats By Jayy was a frequent collaborator with M.I Abaga, AQ, Blaqbonez, and Loose Kaynon prior to his demise.

Also, he worked with iLLBliss on songs and was the main producer for Cheque’s debut album, Bravo.

Until his demise, BeatsbyJayy was working on his fourth body of work as well as an EP with Jay Teaser.

Nigerian Music industry entertainers who died in 2021

• Kashy Godson
• Sound Sultan
• Sir Victor Uwaifo
• Obama DMW
• Dokta Frabz
• Lala
• BeatsbyJayy

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Ayra Starr’s most recent trip to London was beautifully documented in the video, including highlights of the locations she visited and performed.

On Monday, November 22nd, 2021, the video was uploaded to Youtube.

She visited London recently on a promo run for her debut album, 19 & Dangerous.

The album consists of eleven beautiful songs which solely include the presence of Warner Music artist CKay on track six Beggie Beggie.

The project was also blessed by a few prolific hands, talking about the producers who worked on the project.

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This includes the likes of Don Jazzy, London rising beaker Louddaaa, and the legendary Sir Victor Uwaifo’s descendant, Andre Vibez.

The video highlights Ayra Starr’s visit to London follows by her visit to places like BBC Africa and the Platoon7 studio.

She also did a fantastic picture shoot with Wonderland and took time out for her fans at an exclusive “Evening with Ayra Starr” event.

Watch the video below:

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Veteran Nigerian Musician, Writer, Sculptor & inventor of musical instruments, Sir Victor Uwaifo passed away on Saturday, August 28, 2021, at the age of 80 in Benin, the Edo State capital.

Fondly called Guitar Boy, Sir Victor Uwaifo was one of the foremost highlife musicians in Nigeria. He was a trained sculptor, philosopher, poet and musical instrument inventor.

His hit song ‘Joromi,’ released in 1965, earned Nigeria the first Gold Disc Record ever to come out of the African continent in a competitive globe.

For his services to innovation and industry, Uwaifo was the first Benin native to receive the Nigerian National Honours; Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) in 1983.

To honour a living legend, we compiled a list of Evergreen Songs from the legendary music maestro Sir Victor Uwaifo

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Joromi

This is the song that made Sir Victor a staple in most non-Benin homes. The song is a classic that even outlives the legendary singer.

Uwaifo made history in Nigeria in 1996 when he received the first Golden record in Nigeria, West Africa, and Africa (given by Philips, West Africa) for his song Joromi.

Simi made use of ‘Joromi’ in her song and as the title of one of her tracks in 2017 which earned her the ire of Sir Victor who accused her of doing so without his permission.

Mami Water/Guitar Boy

The song is another of Sir Victor’s classics which he insists is the birth of an encounter with an actual “mami water” while lounging on Bar Beach in Lagos.

Tupepe ft 2baba

In 2015, Sir Victor Uwaifo teamed up with 2Baba formerly known as 2Face on the energetic tune, “Tupepe”. “Tupepe” is produced by the talented and versatile Jay Sleek and was released as the second single from the album ‘Legend Reborn’.

Kirikisi ft Ice Prince

Victor Uwaifo linked up with rap icon Ice Prince for a remix of the classic song ‘Kirikisi’ in 2014. The redefined song was a fusion of highlife and reggae with elements of Hip-Hop.

Do Amen Do

Sung primarily in his native Benin dialect, the highlife song is another of Sir Victor’s hit songs that render praises to the creator. The beautiful part of this song is the excellent use of instrumentals.

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5 Evergreen Songs from Music Legend Sir Victor Uwaifo

• Joromi
• Mami Water/Guitar Boy
• Tupepe ft 2baba
• Kirikisi ft Ice Prince
• Do Amen Do

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The music legend died on Saturday, August 28, 2021, according to The Nation. He died after a brief illness, according to a source close to the family.

While reports had it that the late “Joromi” crooner from Edo passed away due to Covid-19 complications, his son, Goodman Osarentin Uwaifo revealed he died of pneumonia.

Nigerians have been inquiring about the true cause of his death. In response to Nigerians’ demands, Goodman Osarentin stated:

“I want to use this opportunity to clear this misinformation. We have heard rumours going around that our father, Sir Victor Uwaifo died of COVID-19. It is not true.

“He died of pneumonia and not COVID-19. He was rushed to the hospital on Friday and passed on the following day on Saturday, August 28. “We did the necessary tests. He was treated for pneumonia.”

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However, prior to his death, late Victor Uwaifo served as Governor Lucky Igbinedion’s Commissioner for Arts and Culture.

A UNIBEN First Class graduate in Visual Arts, Uwaifo’s undergraduate project of a king on a horse is a signature arts poster at the UNIBEN Ekenwan Campus.

He also holds a Masters degree and PhD in Architectural Sculpture, (University of Benin, Nigeria)

He was a professor at the University of Benin’s Department of Fine and Applied Arts in Benin City until his death.

Uwaifo had dexterous guitar skills as well as highly ambulant kinetic dancing steps.

He won the first gold disc in Africa (Joromi) in 1965, as well as seven other gold discs in the Guitar Boy, Arabade, Ekassa series, and Akwete music.

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Don Jazzy took to his Twitter account on the 16th of June dropped a picture of Ladipoe, Fireboy DML and a music producer, Andre Vibez posing together.

He captioned the picture with,

“Ahh they are not ready o.”

It’s not clear who owns the song or what the title is but we do know it’s going to be a fire track given the people involved.

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Ladipoe is currently dominating charts with his “feeling” song which features Buju and while Fireboy is yet to drop any solo song yet, he is still a favourite on the charts thanks to his 2020 album and collaborations.

Andre Vibez who is the son of legendary musician and Artist, Sir Victor Uwaifo is a producer who has produced songs for Mavin Record acts including Ladipoe’s “Feeling” and Crayon’s “Too Correct.”

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The Nigerian Music Industry back in the 90s was a different ball game, the taste, genre, and style was of a different class.

These songs might be old but they will forever remain classics. They were the songs our parents grew up with and they set the foundation upon which the Music industry is thriving.

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Send down the rain – Majek Fashek (1988)

Majek Fashek also known as the Rainmaker was a singer, Songwriter, and Guitarist. Majek died in the month of June 2020.

His popular album, Prisoner of conscience was his debut album. Send the rain was the lead single from the album. It was released in 1988.

Osondi Owendi – Osita Osadebe

Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe is an Igbo highlife singer who to date remains the best highlife singer the Igbo trie had ever produced.

The Legendary singer died in 2007 from a respiratory illness at the age of 71. Osondi Owendi was Osita Osadebe’s best song.  Late rapper Mc Loph and Flavour did a remix of the song in 2012.

https://youtu.be/QiZozFgBoVw

Zombie – Fela Anikulapo Kuti (1977)

Known to be the founder of Afrobeat and the most controversial artist that Nigeria must have ever produced, Fela was an enigma.

The Legendary singer made Zombie as a diss song for the Nigeria Miltary after several attacks on him, his band, and his family.

The song taunted the Nigerian Soldiers on the way they acted like robots and were easily controlled.

However, the song fueled the hatred the Nigerian Miltary had for Fela causing them to storm and raid Fela’s Kalakuta Republic. They attacked occupants, Fela was severely injured, his mother thrown out of a window.

Seun Rere  – Christy Essien

Christy Essien fondly known as the Nigerian lady of Songs, Christy was a musician and an actress. She was also the first female president of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN).

In 1981, she released a hit song titled Seun Rere (translated as ‘do good’) in the album Ever Liked My Person? under International Records, Skylark Records.

Baby Jowo  – Victor Olaiya

Victor Olaiya was a trumpeter and a highlife singer. He was referred to as the Evil Genius of Highlife. He Died in February 2020

Victor Olaiya released great hits like ‘Omo Pupa”, Mofe Muyan”, “Olalenke” amongst others. But for this writer, Baby Jowo takes the crown out of all his songs.

Baby Jowo is like an ode to a woman he loves. The song talks about the woman staying by his side while he does his best to try and love her.

Victor Olaiya remixed the song in 2013 and featured Tuface or 2Baba.

Sweet Mother – Prince Nico Mbarga (1976)

Prince Nico Mbarga was a highlife of Nigerian and Cameroon descent. The singer was the lead singer of a band called the Rocafil Jazz.

“Sweet Mother“ Released in 1976, it remains one of the most popular songs in Africa. The song is the favorite tune used to celebrate Mother’s Day.

Time na Money – Mike Okri (1988)

Mike Okri stormed the Nigerian music scene in 1988 with his chart-busting debut LP, Concert Fever.

The singer who belonged to the Nigerian pop generation of Dizzy K Falola, Felyx and Mozyx, Alex O, Alex Zitto, and Chris Mba, almost immediately changed the general tone of Nigerian pop music and was hailed as a fresh sound.

He released Time na Money in 1988. The song talked about the best usage of Time explaining that time wasted is money wasted.

Ifeoma – Felix Liberty (1989)

Known as the Lover Boy, Felix Liberty is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer. His hit song, Ifeoma was released in 1989.

In the song, he sings about a girl called Ifeoma who he claims he wants to marry and begs her to give him her love.

Joromi – Victor Uwaifo (1969)

Victor Uwaifo is a musician, writer, sculptor, and musical instrument inventor. Victor was popularly known for his hit songs like “Guitar Boy” and “Mami Water”.

He released Joromi in 1969

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Before now, Sir Victor kept silent over his threat to sue the “By you” singer. He has however just recently ended his silence.

Sir Uwaifo first released the song “Joromi” in 1969. The word itself has no perpetual meaning as it was originated by the singer himself.

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In January 2017, Simi released her own song with the same title, the song was a massive hit as at then.

There were no issues until in July 2018 when Sir victor rose up against Simi and threatened to sue saying she was in trouble. The highlife singer was set to file a #50 million Naira lawsuit against her for copyright infringement.

People, however, thought both parties had settled the case amicably as it was not spoken off after then.

Sir Victor, however, reignited the matter during a recent interview with Sahara reporters.

Confirming the lawsuit, he said;

“We’re in court already, I sued her at the federal high court for N50 million. They will be coming to court”

When asked if the singer reached out to him privately, he said no. He said the only contact they had was between their lawyers.

The veteran singer also went on to explain that he went ahead with the suit because Simi didn’t bother giving proper credit to him on the song.

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Nowadays lawsuits have become a trend, copyright infringement, Record labels & ex artists, and so on.

Hey! all ye upcoming artists out there. Do the right thing and stay out of trouble, for a peaceful; career!!!.

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Even though they were a group of “wack rappers,” Maintain, which Olu co-formed, are still regarded as one of the pioneers of hip-hop in Nigeria. Before Rugged Man came, and changed shits and M.I Abaga arrived hot. After M.I came, it wasn’t “safe” out there, anymore. Many of the so-called hip-hop groups disbanded, everybody went solo, trying to break into a market that now understands what quality music is.

Then came Olumide Edwards Adegbulu with “Yahooze!” It must have sold millions of copies, because even we that were living in the village at that time had it. What am I saying? Every house had that CD, everybody could sing it word-for-word. It was deep inside the pop culture. The new rave of pushing your single with a dance started from there, too. Yahoo oh oh, yahooze.

The song talks about balling, some sort of TGIF song, and particular, it’s an ode to Yahoo. Yahooze was one of those few songs that were about the infamous act, then. (The video was a top-notch visuals.) “$1m ? Elo lo ma je t a a ba se si Naira ? Owo,” which translates to “How much will $1m be, when converted into Naira?” This spread out rumours on Olu being a yahoo boy, and that he actually got $1m. Some still refer to that, when they cite how unserious he got with the music, after that Yahooze. That is, he’s not living off music.

Olu Maintain, now 45, wasn’t doper than everybody then, but his “relatability” gave him an edge over other pop artists who only talked about love and how hot they were.
His major effort after the Yahooze-Era in 2007/2008, was 2015’s “Cinderella,” which featured Legendary 2Baba. A song that samples Sir Victor Uwaifo’s hit, “Guitar Boy.”

Today, he might not be one of those that are contending for Greatest Of All Time, but his “Yahooze” album remains a classic. Like Yung6ix sang on Respeck On My Name : “People rise and people fall.” But y’all remember there was a man called Olu Maintain who broke all the rules!

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High-life Legend Sir Victor Uwaifo features Chocolate City’s Hip Hop/Afro Pop superstar Ice Prince on his latest release Kirikisi(Fire and ice Version).This evergreen song sees a culture connect between two generations and more impressively high-life music redefined. The vocals and melodies will definitely get your feet moving.

listen, share and enjoy.

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