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He was one of the most talented musicians of his generation whose ode to his country — “Ayti Se” (Haiti is) — two years after its most devastating tragedy, the 2010 earthquake, touched Haitian hearts around the world. Michael Benjamin, who was better known by his stage name, Mikaben, died Saturday after collapsing on stage in Paris while performing with the Haitian konpa band CaRiMi. He was 41. “This is a shock,” Haiti-born hip hop artist and three-time Grammy winner Wyclef Jean told the Miami Herald. Jean said and Mikaben were hanging out together in New York with Haiti-born DJ and producer M…