Johnny Kemp, the singer best known for the 1980s hit song “Just Got Paid,” passed away Thursday in his native Bahamas, the Bahamas Weekly reports. Kemp was 55.
Kemp was scheduled to perform during the annual Tom Joyner Foundation Fantastic Voyage Cruise. An earlier report stated Kemp died on board the ship.
Reach Media, which organizes the cruise, confirmed Kemp was not on the ship.
We are saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Bahamian music legend, Johnny Kemp. He died on April 16th. He was 55. Details on the cause of death are yet to be confirmed.
Born August 2, 1959, Kemp Johnny Kemp is a Bahamian singer who began singing in nightclubs in the Bahamas at the age of 13. He moved to New York in 1979 with the band “Kinky Fox.” His self-titled debut album came out in 1986 and he scored a minor hit with “Just Another Lover.”
Kemp is likely most known for “Just Got Paid” an “all-star finale” on Keith Sweat’s 2007 DVD Sweat Hotel Live, recorded at a February 2006 concert in Atlanta, Georgia.
Condolences are extended to his wife Deidre, his two sons, his family, friends and fans.
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