{"id":679547,"date":"2019-08-13T01:27:55","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T01:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p>Ivory Coast\u2019s DJ Arafat, a well-known singer in French-speaking Africa, has died following a traffic accident, state broadcaster RTI is reporting.<\/p>\n<p>He was admitted to hospital in the main city, Abidjan, with a fractured skull after his "},"modified":"2019-08-13T01:27:55","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T01:27:55","slug":"top-ivory-coast-singer-dies-in-road-accident-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/13\/top-ivory-coast-singer-dies-in-road-accident-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Ivory Coast singer dies in road accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ivory Coast\u2019s DJ Arafat, a well-known singer in French-speaking Africa, has died following a traffic accident, state broadcaster RTI is reporting.<\/p>\n<p>He was admitted to hospital in the main city, Abidjan, with a fractured skull after his motorcycle collided with a car on Sunday, Jeune Afrique says.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old died early on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He has been referred to as the \u201cking\u201d of coup\u00e9-d\u00e9cal\u00e9 dance music and one of his biggest hit songs, Dosabado, has over five million views on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>The singer was also known for his love of motorcycles and featured them in his most recent hit, Moto Moto, that was released in May, which has more than four million YouTube views.<\/p>\n<p>Ivory Coast Culture Minister Maurice Kouakou Bandaman has expressed his condolences in a statement and said a tribute would be organised to honour the musician.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow artists have also been sharing their condolences, including Nigerian star Davido and fellow Ivorian rapper Kaaris.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016 and 2017 DJ Arafat was named artist of the year at the Coup\u00e9-Decal\u00e9 Awards<br \/>DJ Arafat, whose real name was Ange Didier Huon, was named best artist of the year at the Coup\u00e9-Decal\u00e9 Awards in 2016 and 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Coup\u00e9-decal\u00e9 (meaning \u201ccut and run\u201d) was born in the early 2000s during Ivory Coast\u2019s civil war and emphasised that young people still wanted to have fun despite the conflict, reports the BBC\u2019s Hatouma Diarra from Abidjan.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ivory Coast\u2019s DJ Arafat, a well-known singer in French-speaking Africa, has died following a traffic accident, state broadcaster RTI is reporting. 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