Veteran musician, King Sunny Ade honors the late singer, Onyeka Onwenu with a heartfelt promise as he vows to all the time carry out their tune ‘Ready for Me’ on her behalf.
Gistreel remembers that the legendary songstress, Onyeka Onwenu had passed away on the 30th of July, 2024.
She was 72 on the time of her passing.
Throughout a condolence go to of the administration of Musical Society of Nigeria, MCSN, to the family of Onyeka Onweu at Ikoyi space of Lagos State, vowed to all the time carry out the tune that they did collectively all the times of his life.
King Sunny Ade vowed to maintain Onyeka Onwenu’s legacy alive by repeatedly performing their iconic duet, “Ready for Me”, till his personal passing, guaranteeing her reminiscence endures via the facility of music.
He stated …
“I’ll carry out ‘Ready for Me’ on her behalf all through my life. I’ve performed it a number of occasions in several nations, the place I gave her the credit score.
“Relating to music that two folks must do collectively, she used to do greater than I did. She would simply faucet me and say ‘Sunny, don’t fear, let’s take it this manner, and it’s all the time good.”
On his half, Orits Williki, fashionable reggae legend, additionally described the songstress as somebody who believed in the reason for justice.
“She wasn’t someone we will simply overlook. It’s unhappy that she didn’t reap a lot of what she fought for.
“Only some years in the past, she received a double Supreme Court docket judgment on mental property. However unhappy that we’ve got misplaced her and we all know that her legacy continues to be in our minds.”
