Imagine a style of music that combines funk, jazz, R&B, soul — a fusion that becomes powerful enough to create a political movement and inflame a nation’s authoritarian leadership. That’s the West ...

Imagine a style of music that combines funk, jazz, R&B, soul — a fusion that becomes powerful enough to create a political movement and inflames a nation’s authoritarian leadership. That’s the West ...

Fresh off delivering head-turning inspiration to thousands in the Coachella Valley, Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat luminary Fela Kuti, paid a visit to the Beacham to continue the familial legacy of ...

Seun Kuti is the youngest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. He has spent most of his life preserving and extending his father’s political and musical legacy as the leader of his father’s former band ...

“As a performer, Seun is far more of a chip off the old block than Femi, and with a gruffer and more streetwise sounding vocal delivery. And with his dad’s old band Egypt 80 behind him, he’s a force ...

Fela Kuti's youngest son brings the fury, funk and sweat of Afrobeat to bear down on financial corruption and other issues. Along the way, he... Here's the starting point for the story of Seun Kuti: ...

Few musical styles have been so completely defined by their originator as Afrobeat has been by the Nigerian singer, songwriter, band leader, saxophonist, organist, club and record company operator, ...

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA April 12, 2025 Growing up in Lagos, Nigeria was a singular experience for Afrobeat star Seun Kuti. For Kuti, now 42, came of age in the ...

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80's new album, A Long Way to the Beginning, comes out May 27. Here's the starting point for the story of Seun Kuti: He's the youngest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. He began ...

Son of celebrated Nigerian Afrobeat originator Fela Kuti, Seun Kuti has not been content to only carry on the musical tradition of his iconic father, but has expanded the mix of Yoruban folk music, ...