Veteran Nigerian juju musician, Dayo Kujore, is dead. He died on Monday 10th January after a brief illness. The musician’s widow confirmed the sad news.
Born on April 4, 1958, in Robiyan, the “Soko Xtra” crooner had his elementary education at African Church Primary School and then proceeded to African Church Secondary School, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
He later attended Soba Technical School Oju Elegba, Lagos before venturing into music.
He began playing the guitar at 10 and rose to become popular for creating a new tune from the Juju genre called Soko music.
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Dayo Kujore played alongside Sir Shina Peters and Segun Adewale in General Prince Adekunle’s band before going solo.
Some of his hit albums include “Super Jet”, “Soko Xtra” etc
In August 2018, chat with Saturday Beats, Dayo Kujore, said he choose music despite the fact that he had acquired technical knowledge as an engineer.
The juju singer said that when he ventured into music, his parents were so uncertain about how his life would pan out that his mother had to prostrate on the floor begging him to quit music for another profession.
The singer said that to allay his mother’s fears, he ensured he became a success in his career, eventually, his mother was happy for him. “She was very happy for me. There was a day I was playing and I invited her to the stage; she was so happy that day and it was very obvious. She was always more delighted whenever I sang gospel songs on stage,” he said.
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