Mashadibaba Aydamirov

Mashadibaba Bilal ogly Aydamirov (13 February 197110 January 2011, known mononymously as Mashadibaba) was a performer of Azerbaijani meykhana music and poet.

Biography Mashadibaba was born in Mastaga, Baku, Azerbaijani SSR, USSR and started to perform meykhana in 1984, in his early teens. As a result, a drinking spree-related nervous breakdown brought the performer to depression. By this time Mashadibaba had been suffering from long-time alcoholism. Because of his ensuing health problems and after divorcing his wife, Mashadibaba underwent another nervous breakdown. His performing abilities also deteriorated, and he committed suicide by self-immolation on 10 January 2011 in Mashtaga, Baku, Azerbaijan.