Fela Kuti

Popular singer, Seun Kuti has come out to blast a woman who recently alleged that her twin brothers got arrested at Fela’s Shrine for fighting and spent 6 years in jail. Seun slammed the lady for her comments and revealed that her accusations were a lie. According to him, Fela’s ...

2 years after ex-Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode commissioned a statue of Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti at Allen Avenue in Ikeja, the structure has been pulled down by the state’s government. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s spokesperson, Gboyega Akosile said the reason for the decision was because the statue was the ...

Tito Da.Fire come through with a new song titled ‘Fela Swag’. ‘Fela Swag’ contains a sample of Fela Kuti’s ‘Beast Of No Nation’, and it’s a single off his sophomore album, ‘One Kiss’ which has other previously released singles like ‘Pop Tins‘ featuring 9ice, ‘Freedom Song‘ featuring the Grammy awards ...

Burna Boy in an interview with Radar Radio, where he was referred to as the “King of Afrobeat” corrected the journalist by stating that he makes Afrofusion music and not Afrobeat. He stated that only FELA Kuti does Afrobeat as far as he is concerned, even though a lot of ...

​Femi Kuti in a new interview explained that he was never christened �Femi” and his first name was actually �Olufela” but was changed by his mother to Femi so as not to be put in the shadow of Fela. He also reveals the steps he took to create a name ...

Wyclef Jean drops the visuals for his tribute to the legendary Fela Anikulapo-Kuti off the Album Carnival III: The Fall and Rise of a Refugee. Fela Anikulapo Kuti (October 15, 1938 – August 2, 1997) was a multi-instrumentalist and Nigerian singer-songwriter, human rights activist. Press Play & Feel the Vibe!

Lagos State Government has announced plans to honour late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, as the week-long activities marking his 79th posthumous birthday and the 20th anniversary of his death draw near.   In a statement issued by the State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, the Government said the honour ...

Three-time Grammy Award winner, Wyclef Jean, has revealed why his first track off the album was titled ‘Fela Kuti’. In his interview with XXL Magazine, the Haitian rapper and Musician said the lead song is inspired by the Nigerian Afrobeat legend and it samples his ‘Eko Ile’ track. He went ...

Late Afro beat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s daughter, Motunrayo has called out her ex-boyfriend, pictured below who has allegedly been threatening to leak her nudes photos. She is giving us a forewarning on things which may or may not happen. Read her words U see this nigga right by my side ...

Femi Kuti, the first son of late Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti has in a very interesting interview given an expose about his unconventional childhood, revealing how his father kept him out of school and used him as an experimental guinea pig to prove that one did not necessarily need formal ...

Seun Kuti,Son of late afrobeat legend Fela has said he is not voting Buhari for what he did to his father 31 years ago.He told Nigerian Tribune �Truth is that I have no reason to give my vote to any of the two contestants, but more especially Buhari because of ...

Afrobeat maestro, Femi Anikulapo-Kuti, has finally opened up on his crashed marriage. The musician, who is currently in Paris, France where he is due to perform at the biggest African music festival in Europe, went down memory lane and recalled how he met, married Funke, his ex-wife and mother of ...

Jesse Jagz returns with a follow up to the critically acclaimed 2013 released Sophomore album: Jagz Nation Vol.1: Thy Nation Come. The mixtape consists of 11 tracks, with samples ranging from the 1983 hit song ‘Ain’t Nobody – Chaka Khan’ to movie clips (Scarface, Johnny Mad Dog) etc and is ...

Femi Kuti, son of the late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, in a chat with PMNews has said the family would not accept any centenary award in their father’s honour. Femi noted that the Federal Government should first apologise for killing his grandmother, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, and burning of Kalakuta Republic. “We ...

Afrobeat singer and son of the late great musician Fela Akinlapo-Kuti took his newly born daughter, Adara to Fela’s graveside located at Kalakuta Republic, off Allen Avenue, Ikeja. According to Seun, death should not prevent his daughter from meeting her legendary grandfather. ‘Adi meeting grand daddy’, he wrote in a ...