Being Fela’s son does not define my achievements as musician- Seun Kuti

Nigeria to record a song. We came from a lineage of musicians.

“We even have a brother that grew up in Australia that didn’t grow up with the family, he didn’t even know that he was a Kuti until his 50s, he’s not a musician but he is a creative art director. It’s what we are. We are creative people. So, when people say we are successful musicians because we are Fela’s children, they are just being half clever.

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Kuti recently stated, “It is not because of our dad that we are successful in music,” in an interview with actress Iyabo Ojo. Sixty is my brother Femi Kuti. I am forty years old. Now behind us is my nephew Made Kute, who is in his 20s. In actuality, he is the best among all of us. That’s what it implies; it keeps going forward because we’re genuinely committed to it.

It goes beyond the fact that we are Fela’s offspring. Really, no one claims that Fela is a musician just because his dad was one. The fact that Fela’s father was a musician is unknown. My grandfather played an instrument. He composed numerous hymns and recorded recordings. My great-grandfather was the original individual in nigeria will produce a song. Our ancestors were musicians.

“We even have an Australian-born sibling who was raised apart from the family; he didn’t even realise he was a Kuti until he was in his 50s; he works as a creative art director rather than a musician. We are what we are. We are imaginative individuals. Therefore, it is only half-baked intelligence when someone claims that we are successful artists because we are Fela’s offspring.