Set
to release his album ‘Carnival III: The Fall and Rise of a Refugee’, in
September 2017, three-time Grammy Award winner, Wyclef Jean, has
revealed why his first track off the album was titled ‘Fela Kuti’.
In
his interview with XXL Magazine, the Haitian rapper and Musician said
the lead song is inspired by the Nigerian Afrobeat legend and it samples
his ‘Eko Ile’ track. He went further to disclose that he named it Fela
Kuti because he wants kids not just to download the song but Google Fela
and know who he’s and what he means.
Wyclef also
revealed that he shared some things with the late Nigerian music
legend, which includes studying Jazz in the UK, contested for President
in their respective countries and had their songs helping the poor
masses to reach out to the government.
‘I decided to
name it Fela Kuti because, for me, I feel like we be thinking of [Bob]
Marley, we give a lot of people from our past props, so when the kids
hear Fela Kuti, I really want them to Google it.
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