More than a week after Mikaben’s death in Paris on October 15, the first announces that the Haitian singer’s funeral will take place on November 6 in Miami. The artist had succumbed to a malaise that occurred in the middle of a concert at the Accor Arena. He was 41 years old.
His body, which is still in Paris, will soon be sent to Florida where the funeral will take place, he says. the first. In parallel, a mass will also be celebrated in Haiti, according to the artist’s family.
“Details will be communicated soon to allow all those who wish to come and pay tribute to Michaël Benjamin,” read a press release broadcast by Mikaben’s manager on Instagram.
“Great reference of Haitian music”
Born in Port-au-Prince in 1981 and the son of singer Lionel Benjamin, Michael Benjamin, whose real name he was, was invited on stage at the Accor Arena by the Haitian music group kompa Carimi, formed in the 2000s, for the occasion . of 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, the 41-year-old singer, songwriter and producer leaves behind a first child, Gaby, born from a previous union, as well as his current wife Vanessa Fanfan with whom the artist had a girl, Leïa, and who is also pregnant with her second. son, as reported The world.
Source: BFM TV
