VETERAN singer, 2Baba Idibia, has described the late Lanre Fasasi popularly known as Sound Sultan as one of the nicest persons he ever met.
The Afro-pop legend got emotional talking about his late friend and colleague, Sultan while speaking on Afrobeats Podcast with Adesola.
They were friends for over 20 years before Sultan passed away. Tuface found himself at a loss for words as he tried to find the right words to describe the late Afrobeats singer.
Asked how the death of his dear friend affected him, the African Queen crooner maintained silence for a few seconds, and got emotional. He said, “Sultan, I don’t know…he was one of the ‘goodest’ (nicest), if I can use that word. He was one of the ‘goodest’ people you can ever come across.”
The If Love Is Crime singer admitted that it took him a long time to acknowledge and accept the fact that Sultan was gone after his death. He explained that he disbelieved the news at the time, saying he initially thought it was a joke when he got the sad news.
He further disclosed that Sultan had a late diagnosis of his cancer adding that it was initially diagnosed as malaria after running tests in the country.
“For a long time, I did not accept that fact, it was like a joke. The diagnosis was late. He did tests in Nigeria, and we thought it was malaria but I don’t want to get into all that.”
Recall Sound Sultan passed away on Sunday, July 11, 2021, at the age of 44 following a hard-fought battle with Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare form of cancer. The news of his death shook the core of Nigerians at the time.
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