‘Fela pioneered rap music’ – Seun Kuti claims – Daily Post Nigeria

A man with a shaved head and facial hair looks directly at the camera, wearing a black hoodie. The background is blurred with industrial equipment visible, evoking the bold style of Afrobeats artist Seun Kuti.

Maverick singer, Seun Kuti, has claimed that his father Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, the late Afrobeat pioneer, also pioneered rap music.

Speaking in a recent episode of the Hits Don’t Lie podcast, Kuti claimed that Fela was the first person to rap, stressing that he did a little bit of rapping on his album ‘Authority Stealing.’

He explained that when Fela rapped on the album, they didn’t know that the style was going to be called Rap.

“Fela was the first person to rap. He did a bit of rapping on the album ‘Authority…