Quebec singer-songwriter Karim Ouellet, 37, found dead in Quebec City

MONTREAL—The Quebec coroner’s workplace is investigating the dying of singer-songwriter Karim Ouellet, 37.

Quebec Metropolis police stated right this moment officers discovered Ouellet’s physique in a constructing Monday night time within the La Cité-Limoilou borough.

Born in Dakar, Senegal, Ouellet made his debut within the music business together with his album “Plume,” launched in 2011. He went on to provide two different profitable albums that had been a mixture of hip-hop, funk and folk-pop.

He gained a number of awards in his profession, such because the 2014 Juno for Francophone Album of the Yearfor his second album, “Fox.”

Quebec Premier François Legault issued a tweet right this moment providing his condolences to Ouellet’s household, saying the “younger artist introduced a brand new fashion of music to Quebec.”

Federal NDP Chief Jagmeet Singh tweeted right this moment that he was saddened by the information of the singer’s dying.