Džej Ramadanovski

Džej Ramadanovski (Serbian Cyrillic: Џеј Рамадановски; 29 May 1964 – 6 December 2020) was a Serbian singer, known for his ballads and emotional vocal delivery.

Džej Ramadanovski
Džej in 1998
Background information
Birth nameDžej Ramadanovski
Born(1964-05-29)29 May 1964
Resen, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia
Died6 December 2020(2020-12-06) (aged 56)
Belgrade, Serbia
GenresPop-folk
Occupation(s)Singer
InstrumentsVoice
Years active1987–2020
Labels
Associated acts

Life and career

Dzej Ramadanovski was born on 29 April 1964 in Resen, Macedonia of a working-class family. His paternal grandfather moved to Belgrade after world War II. The Ramadanovski family were originally from the town of Resen today's North Macedonia. Basically, Dzej was born and raised during the period of the country known as SFR Yugoslavia. As a young boy, his parents divorced and due to truancy from school, he was removed from his mother care and placed into an orphanage. One elementary teacher recognized his talent and became his guardian. She positively influenced his life. Nevertheless, he was a gypsie child living on Skanderbeg's Street in Dorćol, a neighbourhood in the capital Belgrade.[1] He is of Serbian Romani descent. On December 6, 2020, Dzej had suffered a primary heart disease which made him susceptible to the COViD-19 or corona disease. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hey6RX-NDG8(Balkanskom ulicom: In memoriam Džej Ramadanovski (1964-2020)

After being discovered by lyricist Marina Tucaković, he rose to prominence by coming second on the 1987 International Music Fair (MESAM) with "Zar ja da ti brišem suze".[2][3] With songs such as "Nedelja" (1991), "Sunce ljubavi" (1995) and "Upalite za mnom sveće" (1996). Džej finished as the runner-up at the Grand Music Festival in 2008 with "Imati pa nemati" and was also nominated for the Male Folk Singer of the Year award at the 2011 Serbian Popularity Oscar.[4]

Additionally, Džej made cameo appearances in movies Hajde da se volimo 2 (1989) and Vikend sa ćaletom (2020).

In an interview with Politika, Ramadanovski stated that he was related to mobster Iso Lero "Džamba", who wrote several of his songs.[5] With his former wife he had two daughters Ana and Marija.[6]

Illness and death

In July 2017 Ramadanovski had his first heart surgery on one Private Clinic in the Austrian capital city Vienna.

In the beginning of 2020, a blood clot was found on his heart valve during an examination. On 6 December 2020, Ramadanovski died from a heart attack,[2][3] he was buried 5 days later.[6]

Discography
Studio albums
  • Zar ja da ti brišem suze (1988)
  • Ljubio sam, nisam znao (1988)
  • Jedan, dva (1989)
  • Ko se s nama druži (1991)
  • Blago onom ko rano poludi (1992)
  • Rađaj sinove (1993)
  • Sa moje tačke gledišta (1995)
  • Upalite za mnom sveće (1996)
  • Na ivici pakla (1997)
  • Oprosti majko (1998)
  • Zato (1999)
  • Ludo vino (2001)
  • Vozi, vozi... (2003)
  • Himna Big Chungusu (2004)
Compilation albums
  • The Best Of Džej 1987 - 1994 Vol. 1 & Vol 2. (1994)
  • Balade (1997)

References
  1. "Rođen Džej Ramadanovski, srpski pevač - 1964. godina". Archived from the original on 23 July 2014.
  2. "Preminuo pevač Džej" (in Serbian). Danas. 12 December 2020.
  3. Jovović, Pero (6 December 2020). "Preminuo Džej Ramadanovski" [Džej Ramadanovski passed away]. nova.rs (in Bosnian). Nova S Media Holding. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  4. "Određeni finalisti za Oskar Popularnosti" (in Serbian). Tracara.com. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  5. Ramadanovski, Džej (9 May 2015). "Vetrovi me lome, ja teram po svome". Politika. Belgrade. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  6. "U Beogradu pokopan Džej Ramadanovski, govor imama sve rasplakao". www.vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2020-12-13.


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