According to Grammy-nominated Afrobeat icon Femi Kuti, legendary drummer Tony Allen wasn’t involved in creating the sound with his late father and Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
In a recent interview, Femi Kuti tagged the claim that Tony Allen assisted Fela in creating Afrobeat as “the biggest lie ever told against his father”.
“Yes, he was a good drummer, but Fela taught him his style of drums. Fele gave him all his drum patterns,” Femi Kuti said, recalling how he saw his father structure the drums and sounds of Afrobeat both as a…
