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RIP Mikaben [1]
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Date: 2022-10-18
On Sunday, October 16, 2022, 41 year old Haitian singer, Mikaben, nee, Michael Benjamin, collapsed and died while leaving the stage after a performance in Paris. His Mothers’ Day tribute video is won wide acclaim.
Mikaben was a rare artist who was prodigious in all genres, from Haitian konpa music and the Antillean Zouk to Jamaican reggae and R&B. Born in Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince in 1981, he spoke four languages and played several instruments.
Writing for HuffPost, www.huffpost.com/…, Marco Margaritoff, reports that Mikaben “started singing at 15 but fully established himself as a performer in Montreal during his later studies. He began touring Canada’s music festivals in the mid-2000s, but returned to Haiti following the 2010 earthquake with a galvanizing song titled “Yon Ti Souf You Ayiti” (or “A Little Breath for Haiti”).”
Wycliff Jean described Mikaben as one of the most influential musicians of his generation. Additional videos may be found on his website www.mikaben.com/…
Rest in Power, Mikaben
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