{"id":164138,"date":"2022-12-05T08:08:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T12:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=164138"},"modified":"2022-12-05T08:13:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T12:13:16","slug":"dancehalls-aidonia-loses-his-9-y-o-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/dancehalls-aidonia-loses-his-9-y-o-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Dancehall\u2019s Aidonia Loses His 9 y\/o Son"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just shy of 10-years-old, the only child of dancehall artist, Aidonia and his wife, Kimberly Megan, has passed away.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s reported that he lost his battle with Cancer.<\/p>

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News of his passing broke overnight.<\/p>

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Details surrounding his illness are unclear, however, Aidonia\u2019s minimal contribution to the music business over the past few years, is now better understood by fans.<\/p>\n

One person, on social media said,\u00a0\u201cSo many people kept wondering why Aidonia wasn\u2019t releasing new music at a faster rate. <\/em><\/p>

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Not knowing he was dealing with a sick child.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The artist\u2019s manager, Julian Jones Griffith, wrote on Twitter, \u201cCan only pray for Aidonia, his wife and family at this time. <\/em><\/p>

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Words are meaningless to a pain I can\u2019t begin to imagine. <\/em><\/p>

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The young King put up a brave fight for years and Donia and Kim were extremely brave throughout that time too. Oh God.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Condolences have continued to pour by members of the music fraternity, among them Shenseea, KipRich, I-Octane and producer, Skatta Burrel.<\/p>\n

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Aidonia, 41, whose real name is Sheldon Lawrence, emerged in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s\u00a0known for songs such as\u00a0\u2018Pretty Please,\u2019 \u2018Nuh Boring Gyal,\u2019 \u2018Jook So,<\/em>\u2019and\u00a0\u2018Yeah Yeah<\/em>.\u2019<\/p>\n

He and Kimberly Megan were married in 2016. Little King Khalid was just 3-years-old.<\/p>\n

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