Nigeria music industry and indeed the whole Nigerians were greeted with the sad news of the death of music legend, Majek Fashek, 57.

Several Nigerians have taken to different social media platforms to pour in their tributes for the singer.

One of such Nigerian is 2baba who took to Instagram to give his tribute to late Majek Fashek.

In an emotional post together with a video, 2face Idibia expressed his love and respect for the legend.

He wrote, “Woke up 2 this sad news. Bless u MAJEK FASHEK. Many of the new school artists might not grasp your importance but I appreciate what u represent in Naija music history. RIP LION.

“I know u and BABA FELA and RAS KIMONO and ORLANDO OWO and SUNNY OKOSUN and OLIVER DE COQUE are reminiscing about the good old days.

“Bless u all and many more that paved the way. Your struggles shall never be in vain,” he added

Watch the video below:

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Woke up 2 this sad news. Bless u MAJEK FASHEK. many of the new school artist might not grasp your importance but I appreciate what u represent in naija music history. RIP LION. I know u and BABA FELA and RAS KIMONO and ORLANDO OWO and SUNNY OKOSUN and OLIVER DE COQUE are reminiscing about the good old days. Bless u all and many more that paved the way. Your struggles shall never be in vain !!!.

A post shared by Innocent Idibia (@official2baba) on Jun 3, 2020 at 10:15pm PDT

Fashek had died on 1st of June 2020, in New York City, USA. He died of cancer.