Ras Kimono & Majek gone..... 2 reggae legends.......

Who have we got now for the reggae genre.......

None........

Majek Fashek is one of my favorite Nigerian artist. My favorite songs from his collections are
1. I come from the Ghetto

2. Hotel California

3. I am not tired

4. Beware



May his soul rest in perfect peace

Honeydenz:

Me too, little Patience!
I love d line in that track "the road to success is too narrow, the road to destruction is wide and open"

so true!!!!!!!!

If you have faith, you can move mountains.....

Some worry, about their family
Some worry, about their future
Some worry about the food to eat
Some worry, about so many things....many many things....

Worry worry worry

Produced by Charles Novia.......very good music!

ArewaWife:
Send down the rain is my favourite because its the most powerful and spiritual song of his. The history behind the music is mind blowing

Holy Spirit, Religion Na Politics, Power of a Woman, Someday Oneday, Hotel California, so long

Naija legend.

Hotel California.

Come from the ghetto

Send down the rain

robosky02:
Nigeria's Raggaei legend Majek Fashek late: post his song you liked most.

After battling a long time illness, Nigerian music legend and reggae king Majekodunmi Fasheke, popularly called Majek Fashek, is dead.

Majek Fashek was born on March 7, 1963 in Benin City to an Edo mother and a Yoruba father but identifies with his Benin root.

Fashek was married to Rita Fashek who inspired the song Without You; the couple had four children but has since divorced.

Some of his musical works include Prisoner of Conscience that featured multiple award-winning tracks Send Down The Rain (1988), Little Patience, Spirit of Love, I & I Experience, So long too long, Rainmaker, Weep Not Children and Rasta Ganstar.

Here are few things to know about Majek the Rainmaker:

1. Majek Fashek various translations of his name Fasheke (Ifa-Kii-she-eke) include “high priest who does not lie”, “powers of miracles” and “(system or medium of) divination does not lie”.

2. After Majek’s parents separated, Fashek remained in Benin City with his mother and joined the choir in his local Aladura Church and learned to play the trumpet and guitar whilst composing songs for the choir.

3. In the early eighties Fashek, who at the time went by the stage name Rajesh Kanal, joined the group Jastix with McRoy Gregg, and was lead singer for Black Rice. They were best known as the in-house band on the show Music Panorama on NTA Benin City.

4. In 1988, shortly after Jastix disbanded Fashek, he began a solo career by releasing the album Prisoner of Conscience and became Nigeria’s top reggae artist after the song Send Down The Rain became the most popular song of the year.

5. In 1989, he won six PMAN awards, which included Song of the Year, Album of the Year, and Reggae Artist of the Year.

6. After leaving Tabansi Records, he was signed to CBS Nigeria in the early 1990s and released So Long Too Long. In 1990 he was signed to Interscope Records and released the critically acclaimed album Spirit Of Love, produced by “Little Steven” Van Zandt.

7. Fashek played a supporting role in the 2000 Nollywood movie Mark of the Beast and starred in a commercial for non-alcoholic beverage Diamant.

8. In 2016, he performed in a comedy show (with more than ten thousand audiences in attendance) in Lagos, Nigeria, with a roundly power-filled and soul-lifting performance.

9. In December 2016 Fashek contributed the song “We Are Not Afraid” to a video featuring 200 celebrities to raise funds for the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Human Rights Watch (HRW).

10. During the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians, he was unhappy about the Nigeria-South Africa crisis. He recalled that he did a song Free Mandela and it helped back then.

Source: Wikipedia


Some of his best hit's


Send Down the Rain’ and


‘So Long Too Long’.


‘Late Night with David Letterman’.

Prisoner of Conscience that featured multiple award-winning tracks Send Down The Rain (1988),

Little Patience, Spirit of Love, I & I Experience,

So long too long,

Rainmaker,


Weep Not Children and


Rasta Ganstar.

"I'm not Afraid"
Lyrical werey I miss you my crush #crying

I come from the ghetto, only jah knows tomorrow

So Long too long

None , R.I.P tho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YeOA08sAxQ

RIP Legend!

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Little little patience

Holy spirit and so long

ArewaWife:

Have you read up on the history behind the song. Someone shared it here on nairaland in a past thread.

Have you read the history behind all his songs and the history behind all your favourite songs?
I didn't the song couldn't be a favourite o, just said it was the most powerful and spiritual of all his songs

My favourite is:

Let righteousness cover the earth

None

RIP MAJEKFASHEK! I Love all his songs especially " The Rain Maker~ Send Down the rain !

phemmyfour:
Majek fashek in new york

And he was doing quite well till he travelled to New York. That was when the bad habits started and he lost it.

Send down the rain. He knew he wasn't going to live long, it mentioned in the lyrics

Mother

jaxxy:


And he was doing quite well till he travelled to New York. That was when the bad habits started and he lost it.

It could have happened anywhere. Fela bad habit started here

My favorite among his songs is 'send down the rain'

robosky02:
Nigeria's Raggaei legend Majek Fashek late: post his song you liked most.

After battling a long time illness, Nigerian music legend and reggae king Majekodunmi Fasheke, popularly called Majek Fashek, is dead.

Majek Fashek was born on March 7, 1963 in Benin City to an Edo mother and a Yoruba father but identifies with his Benin root.

Fashek was married to Rita Fashek who inspired the song Without You; the couple had four children but has since divorced.

Some of his musical works include Prisoner of Conscience that featured multiple award-winning tracks Send Down The Rain (1988), Little Patience, Spirit of Love, I & I Experience, So long too long, Rainmaker, Weep Not Children and Rasta Ganstar.

Here are few things to know about Majek the Rainmaker:

1. Majek Fashek various translations of his name Fasheke (Ifa-Kii-she-eke) include “high priest who does not lie”, “powers of miracles” and “(system or medium of) divination does not lie”.

2. After Majek’s parents separated, Fashek remained in Benin City with his mother and joined the choir in his local Aladura Church and learned to play the trumpet and guitar whilst composing songs for the choir.

3. In the early eighties Fashek, who at the time went by the stage name Rajesh Kanal, joined the group Jastix with McRoy Gregg, and was lead singer for Black Rice. They were best known as the in-house band on the show Music Panorama on NTA Benin City.

4. In 1988, shortly after Jastix disbanded Fashek, he began a solo career by releasing the album Prisoner of Conscience and became Nigeria’s top reggae artist after the song Send Down The Rain became the most popular song of the year.

5. In 1989, he won six PMAN awards, which included Song of the Year, Album of the Year, and Reggae Artist of the Year.

6. After leaving Tabansi Records, he was signed to CBS Nigeria in the early 1990s and released So Long Too Long. In 1990 he was signed to Interscope Records and released the critically acclaimed album Spirit Of Love, produced by “Little Steven” Van Zandt.

7. Fashek played a supporting role in the 2000 Nollywood movie Mark of the Beast and starred in a commercial for non-alcoholic beverage Diamant.

8. In 2016, he performed in a comedy show (with more than ten thousand audiences in attendance) in Lagos, Nigeria, with a roundly power-filled and soul-lifting performance.

9. In December 2016 Fashek contributed the song “We Are Not Afraid” to a video featuring 200 celebrities to raise funds for the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Human Rights Watch (HRW).

10. During the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians, he was unhappy about the Nigeria-South Africa crisis. He recalled that he did a song Free Mandela and it helped back then.

Source: Wikipedia


Some of his best hit's


Send Down the Rain’ and


‘So Long Too Long’.


‘Late Night with David Letterman’.

Prisoner of Conscience that featured multiple award-winning tracks Send Down The Rain (1988),

Little Patience, Spirit of Love, I & I Experience,

So long too long,

Rainmaker,


Weep Not Children and


Rasta Ganstar.

It took me a long time to know that this man is a Nigerian.

Journey on
Majek Fashek
You gave us endless joy with your songs
None like you
Rest in peace

Majek Fashek in New York and Religion n.a. politics

(1)if you have faith you can move mountains.just a little little patience.(2)so long,too long.(3)holyspirit.(4)send down the rain. R.I.P MAJEK. you were a legend.

Adieu! Majek. Great rasta messenger. Holy spirit is my best. ( Yare wima o, mama o!)

Majek Fashek in New York, so long too long, religion na politics, ghetto, jah people mother...


Those are my best

All his songs are wonderful and I love all of them.

R.I.P Majek Fashek!