Dancehall deejay Risto Benji (real name – MichaelBenjamin), who rose to some prominence in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a young entertainer with hits such as “Passport Buddy” (featured below) and “Gun John Crow”, was reportedly shot dead last night by a gunman in an area known as “Vietnam” in Church Pen, St. Catherine.

It’s reported that at approximately 10 p.m. last night, Benji was sitting outside a house, when a man walked up and shot him multiple times. Benji later died at hospital. The police have not yet established a motive for his murder.