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Ryan Coogler’s masterpiece mixes African spirits, the American church and the power of music into a terrifying brew.
‘Chop And Run’: A more laid-back offering than the album’s opener, drawing upon influences of the Caribbean, Kuti delivers a ...
Business as usual turns out to be a high compliment for afrobeat torch-bearer Femi Kuti's Journey Through Life.
I got the beating of my life in school. I can still remember faces. I can never forget.” His father was Fela Kuti, the Nigerian bandleader and activist who popularised Afrobeat, a feverish blend of US ...
Afrobeat singer Femi Kuti has disputed claims that Tony Allen co-pioneered Afrobeats with his father Fela Kuti. According to Femi, in a video, Fela was a multi-instrumentalist and composer who ...
Seun Kuti, the youngest son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, continues his father's groundbreaking legacy while shaping his own ...
Afrobeat icon, Femi Kuti has revealed that he faced opposition from his father, Fela Kuti and his fans after he left the Afrobeat pioneer’s band to form his own in 1986. He explained that Fela ...
Multi-Grammy-nominated artiste Femi Kuti, and son of the legendary Fela Kuti, has refuted claims that the late ace drummer Tony Allen co-pioneered the Afrobeat genre with his father. Afrobeat was ...
and Fela Kuti's Afrobeat, the story also traces funk's influences on both new wave and hip-hop. We Want the Funk is a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African ...
Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 at the Great American Music Hall article by Harry S. Pariser, published on April 27, 2025 at All About ...
Femi Kuti, a multiple Grammy-nominated artist and son of late Afrobeats’ pioneer, Fela Kuti, has refuted the claims that the late legendary drummer, Tony Allen co-pioneered the genre with his ...