Sound Sultan’s diagnosis came late – 2Baba

Innocent Idibia, better known by his stage name 2Baba, has spoken candidly about his late friend and coworker Sound Sultan’s last moments.

The ‘African Queen’ singer participated in a podcast with Adesope that was published on YouTube on Thursday.

Sound Sultan’s cancer was only recently discovered, according to 2Baba, who claimed they initially believed he had malaria.

Lost for words, the 47-year-old said, “…he was one of the ‘goodest’, if I can use that word. He was one of the ‘goodest’ people you can ever come across, like angel.

“For a long time, I did not want to accept that fact, it was like a joke. The diagnosis was late. We thought it was malaria, he did tests in Nigeria. But I don’t want to get into all that.”

Sound Sultan died on July 11, 2021 aged 44. He suffered from Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, also known as cancer of the throat.

2Baba and Sound Sultan were friends for over 20 years before the latter passed away.