Nigeria and her Music: Rex Lawson (An artiste lost in his prime)

Waju In His Elements

Arguably, Rex Lawson could have been the most celebrated highlife musician of his era... He was young, vibrant, talented and a trailblazer of sorts. He'd infused great ideas into the highlife music, much different from the ones enjoying currency in West African countries of Ghana and Cameroun, and was already a national icon at a tender age of about 30. But, alas! Death struck and Lawson's story had a sudden end... Today, on Waju and his Jagbajantis, I present to you the beautifully painful story of one of the greatest musicians from the African continent, Cardinal Rex Jim Lawson!!!