Nigerian music legend Sound Sultan has finally been laid to rest in Brooklyn, New York in the United States.
A video captures the moment his casket was being lowered down into the pit with the help of an excavator.
His burial was attended by family members and some close friends all dressed in black outfits. Nigerian rapper, Olamide Adedeji, was also spotted at the funeral.
Popular Nigerian musician, Olanrewaju Fasasi, popularly known as Sound Sultan, is dead.
His death was announced in a statement Sunday morning by his family.
He was 44.
His U.S-based colleague, Lamboginny, hosted an Instagram live video showing the burial ceremony of the late ‘Jagbajantis’ crooner.
His wife, Farida, was sighted in the video laying her head on her late husband’s coffin while crying bitterly before it was finally lowered into the grave.
Our reports that in a statement by his brother, Kayode Fasasi, on behalf of the family, Sound Sultan died on sunday after a long battle with Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma.
The statement added that the late singer and songwriter is survived by his wife, three children, and his siblings.