fela kuti
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Take a Peek Inside Burna Boy’s Lagos Mansion
A treasured vinyl collection and a quiet outdoor oasis are some of the features of the "Own It" artist's beautiful home in Nigeria.
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Taraji P. Henson, Colman Domingo and More Black Excellence on 2024 TIME 100 List
Among notable stars and celebrities, the list also features influential titans, leaders, icons, and innovators.
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Lionel Richie, Eminem, A Tribe Called Quest Among First Time Nominees for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Dionne Warwick is nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for the second time.
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9 Artists I Cannot Be Objective About Because All They Make Is Beautiful Music (and Things)
On December 17, 2020, Scott Mescudi, professionally known to the world as Kid Cudi, dropped a sneaker collabo with shoe and apparel brand Adidas called the Vadawam 326, so named after his daughter, Vada—the 326 is a reference to her birthday, March 26. Cudi’s shoe looked like it could have EASILY been a Yeezy shoe…
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Fela Kuti Drummer and 'Father of Afrobeat' Tony Allen Dead at 79
Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen, lovingly known as the “Father of Afrobeat” died on Thursday evening at the age of 79, Rolling Stone confirms. Allen died of an abdominal aortic aneurysm at Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris. “He was in great shape,” Allen’s manager Eric Trosser told France 24. “It was quite sudden.” Rolling…
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Thanks to My Kids, I Hope to Never Hear ‘Who Let The Dogs Out’ Again. I’ll Probably Listen to It Again This Afternoon
We’ve been down this old town road before. A few months ago, my wife and I took my two boys to Monster Jam, the traveling monster truck competition and demonstration show during its Washington, D.C. stop. One of the trucks, Monster Mutt, comes out to Baha Men’s 2000, Grammy-award winning (!!!!!) cover, “Who Let The…
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Jidenna's 85 to Africa Is a Musical Road Trip Worth Taking
While August 23, 2019, probably won’t be revered in modern black music release history the same way that September 29, 1998, is—the day that Outkast’s Aquemini, Jay-Z’s Vol. 2, Hard Knock Life, A Tribe Called Quest’s The Love Movement, Black Star’s Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star and Brand Nubian’s Foundation were released—it…
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30 Days of Musical Blackness With VSB, Day 15: Fela Kuti ‘Lady’
I’d heard of Fela Kuti before I heard Fela. But when I finally made the discovery of Nigeria’s Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti aka Fela Anikulapo Kuti aka Fela, I was done for. Actually, that’s a little untrue. After being told to check out his music I went out and bought the Best of the Black…
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Fela Kuti Is the Artist Who Brought My Musical Journey Home
One of my biggest regrets in life is how late I discovered so much music that became immediately influential to me. While I grew up in a house where music was constantly present, there were various artists that my parents didn’t know, didn’t show or just didn’t care about. What that means is that many…
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10 Songs to Help You Start Your Morning Off on the Good Foot
It doesn’t take much to get me out of bed in the morning. I don’t need “a few more minutes” or anything. My alarm clock goes off and I hop up out of my bed and turn my swag on. I hit the showers, try to tiptoe around so as not to wake up my…