Late Nigerian music legend Fela Kuti has been inducted into the 2025 Grammy Hall of Fame for his iconic 1976 album Zombie.

Fela joins the likes of Jay Z, late Michael Jackson and several others who belong to the exclusive league of the Grammy Hall ...

Afrobeat was pioneered in Nigeria during the late ’60s by the late multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kuti, who used music as activism against government corruption in the country ...

Fela Kuti was one of Africa's most controversial musicians and throughout his life he continued to fight for the rights of the common man (and woman) despite vilification, harassment, and even ...

Wizkid: Long Live Lagos” distinguishes itself from the endless parade of music documentaries that fill film fest programs in ...

Twenty years ago, the AIDS-awareness nonprofit Red Hot unveiled Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti, a tribute record that recruited over three dozen artists in celebration of the ...

Support KCRW’s original programming like Lost Notes by donating or becoming a member. Lost Notes explores how Fela Kuti’s time in LA in 1969 was instrumental in the creation of his legendary Afrobeat ...

arrived onstage at Olney Theatre Center last week, more than a decade had passed since the Tony-winning Afrobeat musical — about the art and activism of the late Nigerian singer Fela Kuti ...

By Heran Mamo WME announced on Tuesday (Oct. 24) that the agency has signed the estate of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti for management worldwide under its WME Legends division. WME Legends is focused ...

Singer Seun Kuti has opened up on what his late father and Afrobeat singer Fela Kuti did to one of his teachers when he was young He said that his dad did not support the beating of children and ...

A spirited debate has resurfaced online over the role of Sandra Izsadore, a Black American woman from Los Angeles, in shaping Afrobeat—the iconic genre pioneered by Nigerian legend Fela Kuti.