Maverick singer Seun Kuti has warned Afrobeats artists to desist from evaluating themselves to his father, the late Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.
He frowned towards the actions of some Afrobeats artist who handle themselves as the trendy day equal of Fela simply because they pattern his songs or draw inspiration from his model of music.
The Grammy-nominated singer defined that he’s not towards sampling Fela’s works, however towards the comparisons between the late music legend and a few Afrobeats artists.
He emphasised that sampling Fela’s music isn’t tantamount to equal standing with him.
Talking in a latest episode of the Hits Don’t Lie podcast, Kuti stated, “A number of individuals have achieved good samples of Fela’s music. However the one critique that I’ve is that sampling Fela doesn’t make you Fela.
“So, individuals ought to cease saying that they’re my dad. That’s loopy. It loopy when individuals say that they’re the ‘New Fela.’ The place is the ‘Bob Marley’? It’s only in Nigeria you hear such. We so wild stuff right here. Individuals are wild.”
A number of Afrobeats artists together with Wizkid and Burna Boy have drawn comparisons with Fela after sampling him on a number of events.
Road-hop artists equivalent to Bella Shmurda and Transportable have publicly referred to themselves as “New Fela”.
Rapper Olamide sparked controversy late final yr after declaring Wizkid “the best Afrobeats artist after Fela”.
