Dele Ojo (10 July 1938 – 3 May 2018) was a Nigerian musician and performer. He is revered as one of the musicians to have spread and popularized the Jùjú genre of music. <br>James Ogundele Ojo was born on 10 July 1938 in the village of Ilara-Mokin to Obasanya and his wife, who were first-generation Christian parents. His paternal grandmother was Osunre, and his great-grandparents were Awoolaye and Ifalooro, who were from Igbara-oke, were worshippers of the Ifa religion, and settled in Ilara-Mokin in the 1850s.