The Caribbean music fraternity is mourning the loss of one of its most beloved entertainers.

Celebrated Tobagonian soca icon Oscar B, born Oscar Dennis Benjamin, died on Sunday, June 28 after complications related to a stroke he suffered earlier in May. He was 57.

In a poignant twist, his passing came just hours before the Tobago Family & Friends Healing Concert, a benefit event organised at the Shaw Park Cultural Complex to help raise funds for his medical treatment. Instead of a fundraiser, the gathering became an emotional celebration of his life, with fellow musicians, friends and devoted fans paying tribute to a man whose music had soundtracked Caribbean carnivals and festivals for decades.