Music lovers in Nigeria have expressed that Grammy Award winner Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, professionally known as Burna Boy, should be worshipping late Afrobeats legend Fela Kuti, as they celebrate his 84th posthumous birthday.
Recall that Fela Kuti who died at the age of 58-year-old on August 2nd, 1997 was born on October 15th 1938 and by extension he is supposed to clock 84-year-old as of 2024.
In celebration of Fela Kuti’s 84th birthday, a netizen created content highlighting how artists worldwide have sampled the late legend’s music. Burna Boy tops the list of artists who have drawn inspiration from Fela’s work.
However, not only that Burna Boy sample from Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s songs, all the four Burna Boy songs in the content created to celebrate Fela’s 84th posthumous birthday were all hits tracks.
Burna Boy’s hit song “Ye” which was released in 2018 from the “Outside” album was sampled from Fela’s “Colonial mentality” which was released in 1977.
Burna Boy’s hit song “Dangote” from the African Giant album which was released in 2019 was from Fela Kuti’s “Trouble sleep yanga wake am” released in 1972.
Burna Boy’s hit song “Collateral Damage” from the African Giant album released in 2019 was sampled from Fela Kuti’s “Sorrow, tears & blood” released in 1977.
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