Wizkid Should’ve Warned His Fans Against Fela Comparisons – Yeni Kuti

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The first child of late Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Yeni Kuti, has addressed the online clash between singer Wizkid and her brother Seun Kuti. She recently had her say while speaking on TVC’s Your View programme, and fans have been reacting.

According to her, she chose not to get involved in the feud because of her friendship with Wizkid, and the fact that Fela’s name is still being brought up 27 years after his death signifies his greatness.

Yeni added that the people fighting should let the dead icon rest because Fela has had his own impact.

Her words, “I love Wizkid a lot. You know, Wizkid is my padi now. When two giants fight, it’s the grass that suffers. I refuse to enter some of the insults that they are hauling because I love Wizkid a lot. Wizkid is my padi now and my small friend. We have come a long way together. I remember when we started that shrine, he was a backup singer in the shrine during Felabration.

So, there’s no way I can ever not like Wizkid. I like him and I wish at the beginning, he had quickly put a stop to it but he didn’t. Let’s mend fences, we are one people. We’re just about to go and celebrate our icon at the Grammy and you’re all doing as if you are trying to dent it. It’s not Fela or Fela family that you are denting, it’s all Nigeria.

Whichever way you look at it, this one is bigger than Fela, that one is bigger than Fela. He started the journal of music, he’s an icon, and so if you have problems, why are you attacking him? … What people don’t understand is Fela has been dead for 27 years. And you are still mentioning his name. That’s just answer to his greatness. So let’s just respect that. Fight yourselves you that are alive and leave the man that has done his own and gone.”

WOW.