Concerns over the growing tendency among Afrobeats artists to liken themselves to Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti have been raised by his son, Seun Kuti, who insists that drawing inspiration from the late legend does not place anyone on the same pedestal.
The Grammy-nominated musician expressed discomfort with what he described as a culture of exaggerated comparisons, where contemporary artists adopt the image or title of a “modern-day Fela” simply for sampling his music or echoing elements of his sound. While acknowledging that…
