Mose Fan Fan was on a recording tour in the country when he tragically collapsed and was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival in Kasarani area, Nairobi his producer Tabu Osusa has said.
The Veteran Congolese rumba star Mose Fan Fan has been to Kenya on several occasions to entertain his Kenyan fans in Nairobi and Kisumu. Mose Se Sengo, popularly known as Fanfan, whose the song “Papa Lolo” has been trending in Kenya for a while.
The musician died of what is suspected to be a heart attack in his apartment along Thika Superhighway in Nairobi.
The composer of the Papa Lolo hit had been in the city on a project to record a new song with vocalists based in Nairobi including Paddy Makani and Disco Longwa.
“papa lolo” hit-maker, a Congolese artist Mose Se Sengo alas Mose Fanfan has passed on in Nairobi,Kenya after he tragically collapsed 😢😢#RIPMoseFanFan #RIPMose pic.twitter.com/X4Nf6Z3YKb— igweLEVY (@IgweLEVY) May 3, 2019
In the UK, the Congolese guitar wizard leads the Session Somo Somo Band, an offshoot of the original TP Somo Somo that he formed after leaving Luambo OK Jazz in 1973. Fanfan is one the few guitarists who were able to adopt Franco’s unique guitar playing style. Franco had a knack for nurturing talent and allowed his protégés such as Fan Fan to learn, flourish and strike out on their own.
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The death of fan fan has come at a time when a week later from the death of Legendary Congolese musician Lutumba Ndomanueno Simaro who will be buried in Kinshasa on May 5, with a befitting State send-off planned.
An official announcement by DR Congo government released on Saturday afternoon has put to rest the anxiety over the plans for his funeral, which had been going on in Kinshasa and Paris for the last two weeks.