Labari mara kyau ga kiɗa: ya mutu Percy karfinsu, Ba'amurke ruhu kuma mawaƙin R&B sananne a duk duniya saboda waƙarsa "Lokacin da namiji yana son mace«. Sledge ya mutu a yau yana da shekaru 73 a gidansa da ke Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Amurka. Mawakin-mawaƙin ya daɗe yana fama da cutar kansa. kamar yadda wakilinsa ya kara da cewa zuwa tashar labarai ta ABC.
Percy karfinsu An haife shi a Leighton, a ranar 25 ga Nuwamba, 1941, kuma ya kasance mawaƙin Ba'amurke, wanda ya shahara a duniya saboda fassarar waƙar "Lokacin da Namiji Yake Son Mace", baya ga kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin jigogi na ruhi da kuma daya daga cikin jagororin ruhin kasar a karshen shekarun sittin.
"Lokacin da Namiji Yana Son Mace" ya fito a cikin 1966 kuma ya kasance na 1 akan ginshiƙi na kiɗa. Ya kuma sami wasu manyan hits a cikin 70's kamar "Zan zama Komai naku" da "Sunshine." Saboda sakamakonsa a matsayin kida na kiɗa, an ɗauke shi a matsayin na cikin Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a 2005.