{"id":166244,"date":"2025-06-09T09:53:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T08:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/brain-jotter-mourns-ejeaghas-lasting-melody"},"modified":"2025-06-09T10:57:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T09:57:45","slug":"brain-jotter-mourns-ejeaghas-lasting-melody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/culture-and-art\/brain-jotter-mourns-ejeaghas-lasting-melody","title":{"rendered":"Brain Jotter Mourns Ejeagha&#8217;s Lasting Melody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Brain Jotter, a popular Nigerian skit maker, has mourned the passing of the veteran musician, Mike \u2018Gentleman\u2019 Ejeagha.<\/p>\n<p>The singer known for his viral song \u2018Gwo Gwo Gwo Ngwo died of prostate cancer on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the news in an Instagram post on Saturday, Brain Jotter shared a video he made with Ejeagha when he visited him in Enugu in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Captioning the post, Brain Jotter said, \u201c39years ago, he made magic (Gwo Gwo Gwo Ngwo song). 39years later, we danced to it again. Now, he rests, but his melody lives forever. Rest in peace, legend\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ejeagha\u2019s 1983 music, \u2018Gwo Gwo Gwo Ngwo\u2019 regained prominence across the country and social media, after Brain Jotter used it in a dance challenge last year.<\/p>\n<p>The skit maker visited the musician with N2 million cash gift after the challenge dance garnered over 29.1 million views and 30,000 comments on Instagram, and over 19.6 million views on TikTok.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Brain Jotter, a popular Nigerian skit maker, has mourned the passing of the veteran musician, Mike \u2018Gentleman\u2019 Ejeagha. The singer known for his viral song \u2018Gwo Gwo Gwo Ngwo died of prostate cancer on Friday night. 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