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Seun Kuti Speaks on Kanye, Diddy, and Respecting Fela’s Legacy

<h4>Seun Kuti Speaks on Kanye<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Afrobeat star Seun Kuti has once again shown why he is a fierce guardian of his father Fela Kuti’s legacy&comma; calling out global stars who try to bypass him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a candid statement&comma; Seun revealed that both Diddy and Kanye West had tried to reach him indirectly but he wasn’t impressed by their tactics&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Na my side Diddy first take start&comma; many of his envoys reached out&&num;8230&semi; E just be like Kanye West&period; Kanye West send Bankulli to me&period; Make una go ask Bankulli wetin I tell am&comma; because we dey see front&period; Nkan tamale kole bowa loju &lpar;we won&&num;8217&semi;t allow what we will eat or gain to cover our face&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Why would they want to go and meet inferior when the original is there&quest; They must first come to the original&period; Na when we come say we no want&comma; then they can go then go to the inferior&period; That is how Kanye West came and was saying he was possessed by the spirit of Fela&comma; you&quest; How&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Seun’s eyes&comma; respect comes before opportunity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>No matter how famous or influential someone is&comma; they cannot shortcut their way to him or to the Afrobeat legacy he represents through intermediaries&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He also reacted sharply to Kanye West’s past claim of being<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;possessed by the spirit of Fela&comma;” responding with incredulity&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You&quest; How&quest;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For Seun&comma; Fela’s music and spirit are sacred&comma; not a gimmick to be worn or claimed for personal gain&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With his mix of Yoruba wisdom&comma; street-level bluntness&comma; and unwavering pride&comma; Seun made it clear that his principle is simple&colon; if you want the culture&comma; you must first face the source&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is not just a matter of ego&semi; it’s a statement about heritage&comma; authenticity&comma; and the sacredness of Fela Kuti’s enduring influence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Seun’s words serve as a reminder that global stars must respect African musical roots and that shortcuts and back channels will not work with the original&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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