2face
has sent a condolence message to the family of the late octogenarian
and Highlife icon Pa Fatai Rolling Dollar. In the message he prayed for
God to console the family the great man left behind and also regretted
not having recorded a track with baba.
“Fatai
Rolling Dollar was a great musician. He was one of the icons of his and
our times and many people will miss him. He had a good run and got well
into his eighties. It’s sad for anyone to die but when someone has made
the kind of impact he has made and lived that long, we must thank God
for his mercies,” 2face said.
“I
mourn with his family and the Nigerian music industry. He was a father
to his family and a father to us too. He was the oldest active musician
in Nigeria and we will all miss him.
“Regrettably,
I didn’t have the opportunity of recording with him but I was in a show
where he performed too. I performed alongside him.
“I pray that God consoles the family he left behind and the Nigerian music industry,” he said.
Pa
Fatai Rolling Dollar died on Wednesday, June 12, at the age of 87. He
was reportedly on a musical tour of USA when he took ill and had to
return home midway through the tour. He was initially admitted at
Ahmadiya Hospital in the Alagbado area of Lagos before being transferred
to Marritol about two weeks ago.
The
“Won Kere Si Number Wa” crooner was born to the royal family of
Olagunju in Ede, Osun State, on July 22, 1926. He started his musical
career in 1953 and has mentored other great musicians like Evangelist
Ebenezer Obey and the late Orlando Owoh among others.
May his soul rest in perfect peace, amen.
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