I first heard about Jimi Hendrix during my early teens. First attraction was his name which elicited interest. The word Hendrix sounded psychedelic to me. Not much later, I was hit by his much talked about music ‘Hey Joe’ which resonated with me again and again while trying to toy with playing the guitar.
When news of the death of Nigerian superstar MohBad rent the air at the age of 27, my thoughts flew first to star guitarist and rock music play maker, Jimi Hendrix and to all the members of the Club 27. I mean the gathering of international stars who died at that age. Jimi Hendrix died September 18, 1970 after stunning the world with a peculiar sound and guitar play. Then I followed with Amy Winehouse, Janice Joplin, etc.
However, I was able to project and conclude that there are many similarities between Jim Hendrix and MohBad when the Police after their ‘thorough’ investigation opened up on what killed MohBad a few weeks ago. Jimi Hendrix and MohBad were first born children to their parents. Jimi was first out of five children of Allen Hendrix just like MohBad who also had two siblings – Blessing and Adura – and three other step siblings was the first born son of the six children of Pastor Joseph Aloba.In comparison, the childhood of Jimi Hendrix and MohBad were tough.
Joseph Aloba gave his son a direction. He taught his son his craft of carpentry. He took him to the studio and opted to write his son’s lyrics. MohBad also took his lyrics to his dad for cross vetting. Pastor Aloba has been reported to have also advised his son to sing meaningful lyrics always.Hendrix and Mohbad died in September in fact barely a week before or after each other in the month. While Hendrix died September 18, 1970, Mohbad died on September 12, 2023.
For MohBad, he was seriously under intense pressure and frustration, having left Marlian Records and started his own Imolenisation. He was amply worried about success of the new label coupled with the alleged bullying which won’t stop. He lived in fear and with anxiety and faced several physical attacks as confirmed by all the video posts in circulation.Another interesting coincidence between Jimi Hendrix and MohBad is that both died of overdose of drugs.