Mad Melon of the ‘Danfo Driver’ fame died in a Lagos hospital on Wednesday, September 25 after a battle with illness.
Mad Melon who hit fame with his partner Mountain Black with the 2003 hit song died in a hospital in Lagos.
Music icon icon, Daddy Showkey confirmed news of Mad Melon’s passing on his Instagram 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,” a visibly shaken Showkey said 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.”
Mad Melon and his partner Mountain Black became very popular in 2003 after the release of their debut album Danfo Driver. Due to the success of the single titled after the album, the duo became known as Danfo Driver.
Their fame waned over the years but they made the news again in 2018 when they got into a content theft fight with Tekno over the sampling of their popular song, ‘Kpolongo’