BEVERLY HILLS, March 15, (THEWILL) –Â On Saturday, February 27, Nigerian music producer, Ayorinde Faboro, more popularly known as Dr Frabz, passed away in his home in Maryland, United States of America where he lived. Dr Frabz is an acronym for Doctor of Flavour, Rhythm and Blues. Before his relocation, Dr Frabz worked with quite a few top Nigerian artistes, including Wizkid, late Dagrin, Davido, Naeto C, Chuddy K, Weird MC, Wizkid and Omawunmi.
A lot has been thrown around about how he actually died but the narrative that everyone seems to be going with is that he was shot dead. A hip-hop artiste (name withheld) actually began the rumour of Dr Frabz dying from gunshots during a gang fight between rival groups in Baltimore away from his home in Maryland.
But nothing could be farther from the truth as investigations reveal that Dr Frabz actually died of drug overdose. Not only was he personally using harmful substances, he allegedly was into commercial dealership of hard drugs and was under investigation by authorities for the sale of these harmful substances.
In addition, the late Dr Frabz, despite being a US citizen, having obtained a Green Card, had several run-ins with the law as he had several identity cards bearing different names but with his face on them. He also had a long list of DUI and on more than one occasion missed appearing for his court cases. He was 35 when he died. Before his death, his driver’s license was suspended as a result of this, thus banning him from any form of driving in the state where he resided.
Perhaps all of these coupled with the state of his mental health contributed to why he wasn’t in a good place with his wife and children who weren’t living with him up until he passed away. So distraught were his parents when they received news of his death that his father, the Olojudo of Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Oba Ayorinde Ilori-Faboro, a first-class monarch, asked that he be buried in the States instead of flying his corpse to Nigeria for burial. While a Service of Songs was held for him on Thursday, March 11, at Harvesters International Christian Centre, Lekki, Phase 1, a celebration of his life held simultaneously for him same day in Maryland, US. His corpse was interred on Friday, March 12, in Maryland US. From Ekiti State, Dr Frabz was born and raised in Lagos, where his love for music got nurtured as a student of Doregos Private Academy, Ipaja, Lagos. He was the school pianist and choir leader. At the Archbishop Vining Memorial Church Cathedral, Ikeja, where he attended with his parents, he played the keyboard, the drum, and other Sunday School instruments as a kid. It was while he was a student at Covenant University, that he discovered the music production software called Fruity Loops which launched him into the league of some Nigeria’s best music producers. However, his love for music couldn’t keep him there. He was also in a brief relationship with singer, Omawunmi.
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