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Ras Kimono, a legend gone too soon<\/h3>\n

Nigerian music legend, Ras Kimono\u00a0died today June 10th at the age of 60. The musician who died at Lagoon Hospital on the island, was said to have just concluded travel plans to the United States yesterday.<\/p>\n

Ras Kimono is a Nigerian reggae artist whose debut album Under Pressure, led by the single \u201cRum-Bar Styl\u00e9e\u201d, was a big hit in the Nigerian music scene in 1989.<\/p>\n

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Ras Kimono, a legend gone too soon Nigerian music legend, Ras Kimono\u00a0died today June 10th at the age of 60. The musician who died at Lagoon Hospital on the island, was said to have just concluded travel plans to the United States yesterday. Ras Kimono is a Nigerian reggae artist whose debut album Under Pressure, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6039,"featured_media":13010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[10778],"class_list":["post-13002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-lifestyle","tag-ras-kimono"],"yoast_head":"\nMusic legend Ras Kimono dies at age 60 - Ghafla! Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nigerian music legend, Ras Kimono is dead. He died today the 10th of June at a hospital in Lagos. 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