Veteran Fuji musician, Alhaji Abdul Azeez Oladeji, popularly known as Love Azeez, has died at the age of 81 after a brief illness. He passed away on Wednesday evening at his residence in Lagos State, according to the General Secretary of the Fuji Musicians Association of Nigeria, Adekunle Abiodun, who announced the death on Facebook.
Abiodun said the singer, described as the oldest active Fuji musician, died peacefully after a short illness. He added that the late artiste was buried on Thursday in accordance with Islamic rites.
Love Azeez was regarded as one of the early figures who helped shape Fuji music from its roots in Lagos in the 1960s. He was part of the generation that supported the rise of the genre, which gained wider recognition through late Fuji pioneer Ayinde Barrister.
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