Tag: DJ Arafat

  • Ibrahim Arafat Mensah opens scoring in NK Bravo’s thrashing of Triglav in Slovenian top-flight

    Ghanaian striker Ibrahim Arafat Mensah scored the go-ahead goal for NK Bravo in their 4-1 away win at ND Triglav in the Slovenian Prva Liga on Sunday.

    The 25-year-old opened the scoring in the 52nd minute at the Å portni Center Stanko Mlakar.

    But Žan Luka Kocjan?i? equalized for the home side but Aljoa Matko scored a hat-trick in four minutes.

    Mensah has now marked four times in the Slovenian top-flight from 18 appearances.

    Source: Ghana Soccernet

  • Fans of DJ Arafat ‘open coffin’ during funeral unrest

    Some fans of late musician DJ Arafat appear to have opened his coffin during unrest at the artist’s funeral in the Ivory Coast cIty of Abidjan.

    The 33-year-old DJ, whose real name was Ange Didier Huon, died in a motorcycle accident earlier this month.

    Video on social media appears to show fans opening his coffin and undressing the late musician body to check for tattoos and identify him.

    Read:DJ Arafat: Thousands pay tribute at Abidjan concert

    The chaotic scenes came hours after thousands gathered to pay tribute.

    A large stadium concert was held overnight in his honour before the musician was laid to rest on Saturday.

    Police resorted to using tear gas to try disperse those who had gathered at a private family ceremony being held locally.

    “We wanted to see the body of our idol before the tomb was sealed,” one unnamed fan told AFP news agency.

    Read:Davido mourns Ivorian musician DJ Arafat

    DJ Arafat was one of the most popular African musicians in the Francophone world, and had been referred to as the “king” of coupé-décalé (cut and run), an Ivorian form of dance music.

    He came to symbolise the flashy, well-dressed lifestyle associated with the music, which features fast percussion, deep bass and hip hop-style vocals.

    Off stage, DJ Arafat was known for controversy, having faced accusations of domestic abuse.

    Source: bbc.com

  • DJ Arafat: Thousands pay tribute at Abidjan concert

    Thousands of fans have gathered in Ivory Coast’s capital Abidjan to pay tribute to musician DJ Arafat.

    The 33 year old Ivorian, whose real name was Ange Didier Huon, died in a motorcycle accident earlier this month.

    Hundreds of Ivorian artists took part in a stadium concert, with President Alassane Ouattara among its attendees.

    Huon’s coffin is due to be brought to the stadium and carried away later to a local cemetery for burial.

    Read:Davido mourns Ivorian musician DJ Arafat

    The ceremony was organised after a successful online petition which called on the government to allow the use of Félix Houphouët Boigny stadium, which seats 35,000 people.

    The government also pledged $250,000 towards the event and thousands of security personnel were deployed to manage crowds.

    DJ Arafat has been referred to as the “king” of coupé-décalé (cut and run), an Ivorian form of dance music.

    The musical genre was born in the early 2000s during Ivory Coast’s civil war and emphasised that young people still wanted to have fun despite the conflict.

    DJ Arafat came to symbolise the flashy well-dressed lifestyle associated with the music, which features fast percussion, deep bass and hip-hop-style vocals.

    The singer was also known for his love of motorcycles and featured them in his most recent hit, Moto Moto, released in May, which has had more than five million YouTube views.

    Read:DJ Arafat burial scheduled for 30th, 31st August

    He released more than 10 studio albums over his 15-year career, and was named best artist of the year at the Coupé-Decalé Awards in 2016 and 2017.

    Off stage, DJ Arafat was known for controversy, having faced accusations of domestic abuse.

    The music star also regularly lashed out at other artists on social media.

    “The clashes started because I wanted to show I was number one on the Ivorian music scene,” Huon told Jeune Afrique magazine last year.

    “Above all it helped me to invent new sounds, I needed competition to find inspiration. When the music scene is sleeping, you have to wake it up”.

    Source: bbc.com