Majek Fashek Biography, Music Career, Family, Top Songs, Net Worth, Death and More

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How Old and Where is Majek Fashek from?

Artist as Singer Songwriter: Majek Fashek aka The Rainmaker
Real Name: Majekodunmi Fasheke (pronounced as Ma-je-ko-dun-mi Ifa-kii-she-eke)
Date of Birth: March 1963 (Died on June 1, 2020 Aged 57)
Genre: Raggae, Kpangolo
Networth: $636,653,611 (2020)
Majek Fashek was a Nigerian singer-songwriter and guitarist who was born in Benin City to an Ijesha father and an Edo mother.

How Did Majek Fashek Start His Music Career?
While staying with his mother who had separated with his father, Majek Fashek joined a local church choir in Aladura where he learnt to play trumpets and guitar. He also composed songs for the choir.

He started his music career using the name Rajesh Kanal when he joined Jastix music group that comprised of McRoy Gregg, and Drummer Black in the early 80’s. Jastix would later disband after which Majek Fashek joined Tabansi Records under which he started a solo career in 1988 using his current stage name.

Majek Fashek is known to mix various genres like reggae and Caribbean indigenous hybrids such as fuji , jùjú into his own style ‘K pangolo’. He is one of the original Nigerian artists to be drawn to the music of the Caribbean that is reggae and has worked with various artists worldwide, including Tracy Chapman , Jimmy Cliff , Michael Jackson , Snoop Dogg , and Beyoncé.

Signings and Labels

Tabansi Records 1988-1990

CBS Nigeria 1990-1994

Interscope Records

Mango - a division of Island Records

Majek Fashek Awards and Nominations

6 PMAN Awards

1 City People Music Awards

Popular Songs

- Send Down The Rain

- Holy Spirit

- So Long

- Kpangolo

- Majek Fashek In A New York

- Religion Na Politics

- Promised Land

- I Come From Da Ghetto

- Love And Affection

- African Unity, Without You

- I’m Not Tired, Redemption Song

Majek Fashek Albums

- Prisoner of Conscience (1988)

- Spirit of Love (1991

- Rainmaker (1997)

- Little Patience (2005)

Who is Majek Fashek’s Wife?

Majek Fashek was married to Rita Fashek whom they had four children. His wife inspired the song ‘Without You’. At the time of his death, the two were divorced.

Majek-Fashek-and-Rita PHOTO NAIJA VIBE

Majek Fashek Illness and Death

In 2015, it was revealed that Majek Fashek was bankrupt and battling drug addiction. He was taken to an Abuja drug rehabilitation center where he recovered and retuned to music. .

He was rumored dead in September 2019 with his manager confirming that he had indeed been critically ill and hospitalized at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, England.

Majek Fashek died on June 1, 2020 in New York, United States aged 57 .

Questions you asked...

- How did Majek Fashek die? He died in his sleep.

- Why is Majek Fashek called rainmaker? Because of his hit single ‘Send Down the Rain’ that allegedly always send down the rain whenever it played in shows

- Where was Majek Fashek buried? New York, USA

- Is Majek Fashek from Edo State? Yes