Singer & Producer Kashif Dead at the Age of 56

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R&B singer Kashif was found dead by his neighbor on September 25. He was just 56-yearss-old. A cause of death has yet to be released.

Kashif, who was born as Michael Jones in NYC, grew up bouncing around different foster homes. He changed his name to Kashif Saleem after studying Islam.

During his career, he produced Whitney Houston’s hit song “You Give Good Love.: He also produced for Evelyn “Champagne” King, Kenny G., Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson.

Kashif released 7 of his own albums in total, with one of his biggest hits being the 1978 remake of the Mother’s Finest song “Love Changes.”

RIP

14 COMMENTS

  1. AAAAAAW DAMN!…IT NEVER FAILS, TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, CELEBRITIES BE DROPPING LIKE FLIES!…R I P! FAVORITE SONG "LOVE CHANGES" WITH KASHIF AND MELISSA!

  2. Sad to hear this, thought he was a cool, talented dude who'd overcome a lot in life. Rest In Power.

  3. :(( RIP About to listen to "So fine" and "Love Come Down" right now. The old heads know how to do that R&B right!

  4. Thank YOU!!!!…I'm damn sure one of them. I remember vividly cleaning my room & vacuuming th house bang "So Fine" all through the house. I have most if not all HIS albums on vinyl. Without Kashif & Nile Rodgers good RB music wouldn't have existed in the 80's & 90's.

  5. Something not right about this dudes death. Kashif was outspoken and he wrote a book that i was told executives in the music industry did n't like. That book was full of legal advice to recording artist how not to allow those Joos to play you out of your money. Kashif was not one for playing word games. He told it like it is. He will be greatly missed. But just like Sam Cooke, MJ, Vesta, Pimp C…..i sense foul play in his death. Why won't they release the cause of death?

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