Artiste from across Ghana are mourning the death of fellow artiste Sonni Balli.

The pioneer dancehall artiste, born Sonny Kwabena Akoanor, died on Thursday, June 9 after a suspected case of cardiac arrest.

He celebrated his 40th birthday just three days ago.

Legendary hiplife artiste Reggie Rockstone took to Twitter to mourn Sonni Balli:

Sonni Balli teamed up with popular music producer Nana King in producing albums like ‘Kotoho’ and ‘Abrabo’, starting a wave which charted courses for the likes of Samini, Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale to succeed.

Samini could not hide his feelings after hearing of the death.

Watch Sonni Balli perform on TV3’s Music Music:

Source: 3news.com|Ghana