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The respected music producer and singer battled with Kidney problems since 2013. He was consequently flown to India for a transplant in 2013. With his kidney experience, he decided to set up a
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As a musician he is one of the greatest vocalists and by virtue of years of experience as a producer he has been able to impact his gathered knowledge into his style of music thereby making him Mr. versatile in his last album ‘No Drama’ with great hit songs like ‘Searching’ and ‘Pretete’ which
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However, his kidney transplant failed again a week before his demise and OJB passed on. He is survived by his wife Mabel and her 3 children, June and her 3 Children Denzel, Emmanuel & Zion, and Korede and her 2 children
Damilare & Ifebiyi.
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OJB furthered his education at Lagos
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OJB Jezreel was a seasoned producer and a great musician. Over the years, he has produced some of the greatest hit albums and singles in the history of R&B hip-hop and afrobeat music in the entertainment scene in Africa.
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created so much impact that it sold close to one million copies in less than 4 weeks without the push and promotion of a record label. If you call OJB Mr. versatile, he is.
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For the prolific producer, music started back in 1986. The artiste started making beats in back room studios, first in his
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Babatunde Okungbowa a.k.a. OJB Jezreel was born on July 4, 1966, in
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339:"Beautiful as You Are"
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257:He has worked with
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387:"What It Gonna Be"
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819:2016 deaths
814:1966 births
736:guardian.ng
542:Punchng.com
468:Filmography
404:Face 2 Face
384:"Get There"
363:"I Believe"
351:"Gbemileke"
336:"Searching"
323:Discography
248:Face 2 Face
188:OJB Jezreel
134:Instruments
808:Categories
768:2016-07-09
665:2016-06-21
640:2016-06-19
635:YNaija.com
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510:References
392:Production
309:Yemi Alade
259:Beenie Man
198:Early life
185:stage name
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605:Thenet.ng
498:June 2016
375:"Malaika"
372:"No More"
345:"Pon Pon"
342:"Soldier"
333:"Pretete"
266:RuggedMan
159:1986-2016
788:pulse.ng
685:naij.com
270:Weird MC
225:Surulere
214:Ijanikin
85:Children
378:"Dallu"
357:"Oleku"
328:Singles
301:Durella
112:R&B
107:Afropop
434:Awards
397:Albums
305:Wizkid
297:D'banj
293:Iyanya
234:Career
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140:Vocals
100:Genres
204:Lagos
146:drums
143:piano
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