Probe Into Afrobeats Star's Death Stirs Up Nigerian Music World – Barron's

Nigerian police have opened a special investigation into last week’s death of an upcoming music star, whose sudden demise has fired up the country’s Afrobeats world with speculation over what happened.

MohBad, whose real name was Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, a singer and rapper who wrote hits such as “Feel Good”, died last Tuesday aged 27, his family announced on his Instagram account.

With police revealing no details of the popular singer’s death, Nigeria’s social media has been flooded with indignation over his passing, but also with…