Celebrity Gist Falz: Fela, Plantashun Boiz inspired me to make socially conscious music Leave a comment July 28, 2024 Falz, the Nigerian rapper, has revealed the influences behind his socially conscious music. In a recent chat on the Menism Podcast, Falz said…
Music Odumodublvck: Tems, Ayra Starr have achieved more than Wizkid, Burna Boy, Fela Leave a comment June 20, 2024 Odumodublvck claims Tems and Ayra Starr have achieved more in music than Fela, the late Afrobeat icon. The rapper also claims that the…
Celebrity Gist Femi Kuti: Being Fela’s son made school tough for me… I always got into fights Leave a comment October 31, 2022 Femi Kuti, son of Fela, says being a son of the late Afrobeat legend made schooling tough for him. The singer, in an…
LifeMusic Sunny Ade, Sikiru Barrister, Fela inducted into the first-ever Afrobeats hall of fame Leave a comment February 27, 2022 A corpus of Nigerian music legends and icons were honoured at the first-ever Afrobeats Hall of Fame (ABHF) induction ceremony which was held…
Music ‘New Fela’: The endless scramble to fill the legend’s shoes 1 Comment February 7, 2021 BY EMMANUEL DARALOYE Fela Anikulapo Kuti passed on more than two decades ago, the musician was one of the greatest of his time,…
Music 40 years later, Fela’s ‘Zombie’ to be re-released Leave a comment November 22, 2018 On February 18, 1977, Kalakuta Republic, the Lagos communal home of Fela Kuti, was burned to the ground by Nigerian soldiers, causing the…
MusicShow Biz Through the years: 21 songs influenced by Fela’s Afrobeat 1 Comment August 2, 2018 It’s been 21 years since the death of the pioneer of the Afrobeat genre, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Fela birthed a unique sound that inspired…