Sam wa Ukweli, the Bongo artiste who took the East African airwaves by storm eight years ago with his hit songs Lofa and Hata kwetu Wapo, succumbed to sudden death on Wednesday night while in a music studio.

According to the musician’s producer Steve, Sam Wa Ukweli passed on after falling sick during a recording session at A Sound Studios.

According to his manager, Amri, Sam fell sick at around 8pm while in the studio prompting the people who were with him at that time to rush him to Palestina Hospital in Dar es Salaam where he was pronounced dead.