Bad News from Haiti: 

A few days ago there was a terrible accident in Haiti, 3 Haitian hip hop singers, another band member, and their driver died in a terrible car accident.

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News report say they were electrocuted and burned beyond recognition when a high tension electrical wire struck their car.

To make things worse, a long time girlfriend of one of the singers committed suicide 24 hours after the death of his long time boyfriend.

There is a new Hip Hip revolution in Haiti and that revolution is being lead by two young group:

Barikad Crew, and RockFam

Sadly, Barikad Crew lost three (3) of their singers in a car crash:

• Jean Walker Sénatus aka K-Tafalk
• Junior Badio aka Déjavoo
• Jhonny Emmanuel aka Dade

I spoke to a friend of mind in Haiti and he told me that the "La Jeunesse Haitian est en deuil" (The young Haitian generation is grieving).

To make it more tragic Haitian Press Network reported that  Nathalia Bertrand, K-Tafal's finance committed suicide 24 hours after learning about his death.  They were dating for more than 7 years. and The two were planing to get married this coming November. she was 24 years of age.

We don't have any pictures of the young singers but there is a way to identify them if you are a fan.watch the Barikad Crew Tifi Pile Tigason Pyafe Kanaval video, they are identified in the video.

Look for the names K-Tafalk, Déjavoo, Dade.

I was first introduced to the talents of these young artist on my trip to Haiti for the Jacmel Film Festival 2006.  All over the air waves in Haiti, in every Camionette andTap-Tap you heard the song "Banm Afem" a Hip Hop rendition of a famous song byCoupe Cloue brought back alive to the young generation byBarikad Crew.

With so much going on in Haiti, this one bad news we would prefer not to hear.

Our condolences goes out the the family, friends, and fans ofBarikad Crew and the members who lost their lives.

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