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Mohbad: Life, Time And Aborted Dreams

<h4>Mohbad<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Openlife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Nigerian singer and Naira Marley former protégé&comma; Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba&comma;  known musically as Mohbad&comma; has passed away at the age of 27 years&period; The Nigerian rapper&comma; singer and songwriter hailed from Lagos&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Like Tupac Amaru Shakur &lbrace; June 16&comma;  1971-September13&comma;  1996&rcub; an American rapper&comma; widely considered one of the most influential and successful rappers of all time and  known by his stage names 2Pac who died at the age of 25&comma; the cause of death is unclear at press time but a source close to his management has confirmed his demise without divulging any other details&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Before his standoff with Naira Marley&comma; he was signed to Marlian Records where his popularity soared&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>The singer will be remembered for his hit singles like Fell Good&comma; Ponmo and KPK &lpar;Ko Por Ke&rpar; with Rexxie&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Specifically&comma; he was best known for his hit singles &&num;8220&semi;Ponmo&comma; Feel Good&&num;8221&semi;&comma; and &&num;8220&semi;KPK &lpar;Ko Por Ke&rpar;&&num;8221&semi; &lpar;you will always be remembered&rpar; with Rexxie which was nominated three times for The Headies awards 2022&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Since the news of his demise broke&comma; the social media has been awash with comments&comma; mostly expressing shock and disbelief&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><strong>Aborted Dream<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>According to international show promoter&comma; Olamide Baron&comma; the singer is supposed to be in the United Kingdom in November for his UK tour&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><strong>Background <&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>He was born in Lagos&comma; Nigeria as Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba&comma; also known as Imole  on 8 June 1996&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><strong>Music career<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>He released his debut album&comma; Light EP&comma; in the fourth quarter of 2020 as a follow-up to his viral song &&num;8220&semi;Ponmo&comma;&&num;8221&semi; which featured Naira Marley and Lil Kesh&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;"> MohBad was nominated five times for The Beatz Awards 2021&period;  He was listed in Audiomack&&num;8217&semi;s top 21 Afrobeat artists of 2021&period;<&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div> In 2022&comma; he released Peace produced by Rexxie&period;&lbrack;7&rsqb; He peaked TurnTable charts top 50 in 2021 and top 100 in 2022&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><strong>Light &lpar;EP&rpar;<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Mohbad issued his first EP&comma; Light&comma; after agreeing to a record deal with Marlian Records World in 2019&period; The eight songs on the EP features Davido&comma; Naira Marley&comma; and Lil Kesh&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Naira Marly served as executive producer for the eight-track EP&comma; which also bears the production stamps of SB&comma; Rexxie&comma; P&period;Beat&comma; and Austin Sinister&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><strong>Controversy and NDLEA arrest<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>In February 2022&comma; the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency &lpar;NDLEA&rpar; arrested Mohbad&comma; Zinoleesky and four other people following their possession of illegal substances like MDMA and cannabis at their home in Lekki&comma; Lagos&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Some viral videos on social media showed NDLEA operatives breaking into the musicians’ home in the Lekki district of Lagos State in the early hours of Thursday morning&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div> According to witnesses&comma; the officials carried out the arrest without any search warrants and mistreated the Marlian singers&period; The NDLEA officers were seen hitting the musician with clubs and shooting into the air&comma; forcing them into waiting trucks&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>NDLEA confirmed the raid&comma; &&num;8220&semi;our men raided an area in Idado estate where Naira Marley’s boys stay&period;&&num;8221&semi;&lbrack;16&rsqb; Quantities of cannabis and molly were recovered from their apartment and car&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he told TheCable Lifestyle&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div> Later&comma; the NDLEA released Mohbad&comma; Zinoleesky and 4 other and three others&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><strong>Domestic violence allegation against Naira Marley<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>After two years&comma; he announced his departure from Marlian Records&period; On 5 October 2022&comma; Mohbad accused singer Naira Marley of domestic violence and stated that his former boss ordered people to beat him up&period;&lbrack;19&rsqb; When he confronted Marley about his decision to employ a different manager to handle his music and business affairs&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><strong>Awards and nominations<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>MohBad’ debut album&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Light EP&comma;” released in the fourth quarter of 2020&comma; showcased his musical prowess&period; The album followed the success of his viral track &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Ponmo&comma;” which featured Naira Marley and Lil Kesh&period; His talent earned him five nominations at The Beatz Awards 2021 and a place in Audiomack’s top 21 afrobeat artists of 2021&period;&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Naira Marley&comma;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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