Yeni Kuti, the primary baby of the late Afrobeat founder, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has lastly reacted to Wizkid’s on-line struggle along with her brother, Seun Kuti.
DAILY POST experiences that Seun Kuti began dragging Wizkid’s fanbase popularly often called Wizkid FC final week for evaluating the singer’s legacy and affect with that of his father, late Fela Kuti.
The struggle escalated on the sixth day of the fixed dragging when Seun dared Wizkid to show he actually cared for his followers by defending them from him.
Breaking silence in solidarity to his followers, Wizkid advised Seun that “I’m greater than your father”, and challenged Seun Kuti to do his worst.
His response sparked controversy on-line, with many blaming Seun for pushing the singer to the wall whereas some netizens together with a few of Fela’s youngsters berated Wizkid for disrespecting the late legend.
The event which led to public debate on Wizkid and Fela’s legacy and affect sparked blended reactions amongst Nigerian celebrities.
Nonetheless, amid the controversy, Yeni Kuti, talking on ‘Your View’ program on TVC, on Thursday, stated she refused to contain herself within the struggle with Wizkid as a result of the singer is her shut pal and she or he loves him loads.
Talking about Wizkid’s longtime relationship with Fela’s household, Yeni, who stated “Wizkid is my padi”, additional urged the general public to come back collectively to have fun Fela at this yr Grammy awards.
Yeni stated, “I really like Wizkid loads. You recognize, Wizkid is my padi now. When two giants struggle, it’s the grass that suffers. I refuse to enter among the insults that they’re hauling as a result of I really like Wizkid loads. Wizkid is my padi now and my so pal. We now have come a great distance collectively. I bear in mind once we began that shrine, he was a backup singer and the shrine throughout Felabration.
“So, there’s no method I can ever no like Wizkid. I like him and I want at the start, he had shortly put a cease to it however he didn’t. Let’s mend fences , we’re one folks. We’re nearly to go and have fun our icon on the Grammy and also you’re all doing as if you’re making an attempt to dent it. It’s not Fela or Fela household that you’re denting, it’s all Nigeria. Did you Bob Marley folks do this? They don’t do this.
“Whichever method you take a look at it, this one is greater than Fela, that one is greater than Fela. He began the journal of music, he’s an icon, and so in case you have issues, why are you attacking him? He has finished his personal, he has gone. What folks don’t perceive is Fela has been useless for 27 years. And you might be nonetheless mentioning his title. That’s simply reply to his greatness. So let’s simply respect that. Battle yourselves you which can be alive and go away the person that has finished his personal and gone.”
