Popular Nigerian music producer, Ayorinde Faboro fondly called Dr Frabz, has died.
He died in the United States on Saturday, 27th of February, 2021.
Notable Nigerian artistes he worked with include Wizkid, Omawumi, Davido and the late Dagrin.
A tweet by Nikki Laoye, a famous Nigerian singer over the death read, “Oh my God persevering face… My dear brother, Dr Frabz @DoktaFrabz… This is such terrible news. Just heard that he was shot… Who did this? I am so pained right now. What kind of news is this ehn? She wrote.
Also, his colleague, Samklef wrote on Twitter, “One of Nigeria’s legendary producer just died. Sad day for me.”
Samklef added, “Rip legend! Ayo (dr Frabz) We spoke 2 weeks ago u asked how is Houston treating me? I came to Maryland yesterday only for me to hear that u are no more today. What a sad day! A brother is gone! another producer is gone! RIP!”
Dr Frabz was born and raised in Lagos. He is a native of Ekiti State and started his music career at the age of six when he started playing the piano.
The producer started music professionally in 2006, while studying International Relations at Covenant University.
However, he worked for Don Jazzy and D’banj’s Mo’ Hits Record and has also worked with several other artistes.
He produced hit songs such as Dagrin’s “Thank God”, WizKid’s “Bombay”, and “Joy” among many others and was the music director for the fourth season of Nigerian Idol.
After the reports of his death, a lot of Nigerian celebrities have taken to their social media to express their condolences.