August 22, (THEWILL) –Â Quintessential music artiste and producer, Emma Ogosi, is 80 years. One would have expected him to roll out the drums in celebration, but he had a quiet day with family and friends. Good wishes from fans all over the world, who appreciate his music and still remember the good old days, poured in on social media as they celebrated the legacies of the great icon.
Ogosi was a former Air Force Cadet Officer for some years and performed with his band at his junior officer-friend, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s wedding to Lady Maryam in 1969. Having paid his dues in the industry, he became one of the pioneers of music production with Midwest Television, now NTA Benin.
Although he studied Aircraft Engineering at the German Air Force Academy, his love for music made him venture into the entertainment industry and discovered one of the greatest talents, Evi-Edna Ogholi, who rocked the music scene with her reggae songs in the 1980s and 1990s. He was her producer for many years and the two eventually got married and welcomed two sons. However, their marriage hit the rock with Ogholi citing domestic violence as then reason for her marital woes. Ogholi later quit the music scene when the ovation was loudest and relocated to Paris, doing music and volunteer work with United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) in Paris, France.
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