As tributes continue to mount since Mikaben’s tragic death last Saturday on stage at the Accor Arena in Paris, the Haitian artist’s family came out of silence on Tuesday to clear up fundraising rumors circulating on social media.
In a press release, broadcast by the singer’s manager on Instagram, the family claims not to be in the initiative of these fundraising projects and invites each Internet user to be aware of these fraudulent pots.
“The Benjamín family takes the opportunity to inform everyone that no fundraising has been organized, contrary to the information currently circulating on social networks,” wrote the family of the deceased while thanking the public for all their messages and attention.
“Great reference of Haitian music”
Born in Port-au-Prince in 1981 and the son of singer Lionel Benjamin, Michael Benjamin, whose real name is, died on Saturday, October 15, following an illness that struck him during a concert at the Accor Arena in Paris.
This 41-year-old singer, songwriter and producer was invited on stage by the Haitian music group Kompa Carimi, formed in the 2000s, for a unique concert in France.
“It is a great reference of Haitian music that has just died. The country and the Haitian youth have lost a beautiful soul,” the Haitian prime minister tweeted on Sunday. ariel henry.
A family man, Mikaben leaves a first son, Gaby, born from a previous union, as well as his current wife Vanessa Fanfan with whom the artist had a little girl, Leïa and who is also pregnant with her second child, according to reports. The world.
Source: BFM TV
