Omeofa Oghene a.k.a Mad Melon of the ‘Danfo Driver’ fame is dead. The dancehall singer died in a Lagos hospital on Wednesday, September 25 after a battle with an undisclosed illness.
Mad Melon and his partner Mountain Black got prominent after the release of their 2003 hit song ‘Danfo Driver’. After then the duo released three albums together.
Veteran musician, Daddy Showkey confirmed the news of Mad Melon’s passing on his Instagram page on Thursday, September 26, 2019.
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“What kind of sad news is this, what kind of sad news is this, what kind of sad news is this,” a visibly shaken Showkey says in the 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.”
TheNewsGuru recalls that the duo called out Tekno in 2018 over the sampling of their popular song, ‘Kpolongo’ without necessary permission.
Many were stunned when the singing duo made a surprise appearance at the 2018 edition of ‘The Headies’