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Seun Kuti

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<a href="spotify:artist:1GQur7dDvAWhKT9u9YwBJZ" data-name="Seun Kuti">Seun Kuti</a> 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 <a href="spotify:artist:6L71LxY17w8Yzh1zUphpiW" data-name="Egypt 80">Egypt 80</a>. As a developing saxophonist and percussionist, he entered the formal ranks of the band before he was 12. In 1997 when <a href="spotify:artist:5CG9X521RDFWCuAhlo6QoR" data-name="Fela Kuti">Fela Kuti</a>, in fulfilment of his father's wishes, Seun assumed the mantle as head of Egypt 80 and he has run it ever since.

During his career, Seun Kuti released 4 albums with Egypt 80: ‘ Many Things’ (2008), ‘From Africa with Fury: Rise for Knitting Factory Records’ (2011), coproduced by Brian Eno and John Reynolds, ‘A Long Way Beginning’ (2014) and the Grammy nominated ‘Black Times’ (2018) that included a feature from Carlos Santana. They also released numerous EPs. Seun has played for enthusiastically receptive audiences globally and collaborated with many great artists. In 2022, he joined forces with Roots frontman and MC extraordinaire Black Thought in the EP ‘African Dreams’. In 2023, Seun collaborated on Janelle Monae's ‘The Age of Pleasure’ (Grammy nominee for Album Of The Year) with the two singles 'Float' and 'Knows Better', teamed up with Talib Kweli and MadLib for their album ‘Liberation 2’ on the song ‘Nat Turner’ featuring Cassper Nyovest and released a new version of the single ‘Bad Man Lighter’ with Black Thought, featuring Vic Mensa.

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