Music Jamaican DJ Bounty Killer says ‘Afrobeats has no lyrics’ Leave a comment March 24, 2023 Rodney Basil Price, the Jamaican disc jockey better known as Bounty Killer, says “Afrobeats is melodious but has no lyrics.” In a recent…
Celebrity Gist Burna Boy: I’m the best since Fela Kuti… nobody paved the way for me Leave a comment February 13, 2020 Damini Ogulu, Nigerian Afrofusion sensation better known as Burna Boy, says he is the best in the country’s music industry since Fela Kuti,…
Show Biz ‘I fear for young African artistes’ — Femi Kuti talks music globalisation Leave a comment June 6, 2019 Femi Kuti, Nigerian singer and first son of Fela Kuti, late Afrobeat legend, says he fears for young African music artistes over the…
Music Femi Kuti tackles critics over Fela comparison, says ‘I did not inherit Afrobeat’ Leave a comment January 16, 2019 Femi Kuti on Tuesday responded to critics after he was yet again compared to Fela Kuti, his late father and pioneer of Afrobeat.…
MusicShow Biz History repeated: Fela Kuti’s grandson, Made, joins father’s band Leave a comment September 10, 2018 Femi Kuti’s son, Made, has made his debut as a member of his father’s Positive Force band. Made, who attended music school in…
Show Biz CLOSE-UP: Rikki Stein, the music manager who knew Fela better than most people 2 Comments August 2, 2017 A day after Fela Anikulapo Kuti died, Rikki Stein, his longtime British manager, landed in Nigeria to begin another journey with Fela –…
MusicShow Biz iROKO takes Afrobeats to French-speaking African countries Leave a comment June 16, 2017 iROKO, a Nigerian entertainment company, is set to launch a music & lifestyle channel dedicated to showing only Nigerian content on Les Bouquets Canal+.…