 And it's a shocking day for the entertainment industry in Nigeria with news of the death of singer or larouageo foshashi, better known as Sam Sultan. He died at 44 after suffering from angioeminoblastic t-cell lymphoma, a rare form of peripheral lymphoma. Tributes have been pouring in from everyday Nigerians and South Sultan's colleagues in the entertainment industry. Actor and filmmaker Ramsey Noah posted on Instagram, quote, Words fail me, hard to believe you're gone too soon. Why do the good ones always die young? End of quote. An actor Richard Moffat-Damigio also posted, quote, Words would never be enough, my brother, love you man. End of quote. Other music managers, record label owners, actors and musicians have been paying their tributes, including this post from foremost music entrepreneur and lawmaker, Dio Adeneye, also known as D1, quote, Just can't believe that you are gone, because you did our production with us in April. Rest in power, my brother, end of quote. Good evening, Mr. Adeneye. How are you? I'm fine. How are you today? Good evening. And everybody should know why by now. We saw about a great loss today. Yes, Sam Sultan, a very talented man, humble as many who knew him have described him. How closely did you work with him? Mr. Malari, what do you have to say about Sam Sultan to most of us? He was very close to us in the Kenyan music family. He was a member of the Kenyan music family, having released two albums on the Kenyan music as well, several collaborations with some of our other artists. As a matter of fact, we just did a, how do I say, a documentary which we just aired in April this year, which featured himself, Too Faced and Daddy Shoky, produced by our brothers, that AWA. So he was a very close member of the family. We did a lot of calls together along Too Faced. He was just, and of course his brother, Babadi, was also a member of the Kenyan music family. And it's a big, big, big loss, not just for us in the Kenyan music family, but for Nigerians as a whole. This was just one young, talented songwriter, just a philanthropist, philosopher, an actor. He was just multifaceted. He was just, and to be gone at 44, it's a very, very, very big loss, not just to the industry, but to Nigeria as a whole. Well, just, it's incidental because on the third of this month, that's eight days ago, his last message on Instagram was, celebrate me. I quote, celebrate me now. We are dear life. A song by Pater Anken, which he posted that day, the third of July. And today, 11, he's no more. How did I hit you when you heard that he had died? Do you feel he was celebrated as he should have been considering how talented he was? You know, in my post I wrote, since the good ones always live early, the good ones die young, just a few, not even quite after a month when we lost one of the movers in the industry, Obama, who worked very closely with David O. Earlier this year, we lost another artist, last year we lost numerous artists. I don't know what is going on, but out of time in his 44 years on Earth, contributed immensely, immensely to the Nigerian music industry. I mean, when I say immensely, in no small measure. Tell us more about his contributions. Tell us more about his contributions, especially for young music lovers who may not know much about this man you're talking about, Sal Sultan. For those who are new, or those who don't know, Sal Sultan was one of those who played the music trail, along with style plus. Remember his songs like Jag Badan, Jantis, Bodman? I mean, he had so many. You know, the relevant thing about him is that his songs were not just entertaining, they were educational. You know, he sang, like, when we had the proliferation of our young people trying to cross into Europe, through Libya and through illegal means, and he kept singing songs to say, look, no matter where you go, don't forget your home. Don't forget, even if you stop it wherever you are, come back home, at your leader, believe, don't forget your home. You know, so his message is always reverberated. He was always saying about positive things, you know, about math. Teaching students how we used to do math and English in those days that we were taught to do math and English and our classroom setting was... So he didn't just think about just any nonsense about drugs or alcohol. He sang songs that we could relate to, songs that we could learn from. And as I said earlier, he was one of the early ones that helped to open what the young ones are now enjoying, the David Dawes and the Whiskies, you know, are enjoying now. It's because people like Daddy Shilky, Towns of Town, Babaji, Sonita, Trilla is with Abdukarim, Rugged Ma'am, I mean, and so many others, they opened the doors that these artists are now working through to go collect the Grammy Award, to go collect the PhD Award. If people like him had not blazed that trail, we wouldn't have the Nigerian music industry we have today. So we must celebrate him, we must give him kudos. Yes, he did the very short night, but 44. But it remains a very, very relevant part of the Nigerian music industry. Oh, Mr. Dayo Adene, a music entrepreneur and lawmaker. Thank you so much for joining us to share your thoughts and experiences with the late Sam Sultan. He'll be greatly missed, no doubt. Thank you very much. May the Lord grant him eternal rest. Amen. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.