For those of us who have not heard of the name "Kimono", Kimono served a long apprenticeship on the Nigerian music circuit, experimenting with a number of styles, before making his late 80s breakthrough as a reggae singer. Together with his Massive Dread Reggae Band, Kimono released his debut album, Under Pressure, in 1989. Accompanied by the popular single, ‘Rum-Bar Stylee’, this revealed both a Jamaican and native African influence (the latter particularly evident in his ‘patois’ delivery, as frequently employed by Fela Kuti to communicate with the urban underclass).
The good news filtered in that the reggae icon’s manager, Efe has given
birth to a baby girl, bringing the number of Kimono’s children to five
(daughters) from three different women.
The American returnee is married to Sybil who had three daughters for him. Congrats to them
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