Haitian rapper, musician and actor, born Nel Ust Wyclef Jean best known by his professional name Wyclef Jean, is set to release his album ‘Carnival III: The Fall and Rise of a Refugee’, in September 2017. The three-time Grammy Award winner titled his first track off the album ‘Fela Kuti’. Why my lead single is titled Fela Kuti – Wyclef Jean.
In his interview with XXL Magazine, the Haitian rapper said the lead song is inspired by the Nigerian Afrobeat legend and it samples his ‘Eko Ile’ track. He went further to disclose that he named it Fela Kuti because he wants kids not just to download the song but Google Fela and know who he’s and what he means.
Why my lead single is titled Fela Kuti – Wyclef Jean
Here’s what he said, “I decided to name it Fela Kuti because, for me, I feel like we be thinking of [Bob] Marley, we give a lot of people from our past props, so when the kids hear Fela Kuti, I really want them to Google it.”
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Wyclef also revealed that he shared some things with the late Nigerian music legend, which includes studying Jazz in the UK, contested for President in their respective countries and had their songs helping the poor masses to reach out to the government.
In time past, Fela Kuti studied jazz in England while Wyclef studied jazz at Vailsburg High School.
He said, “Fela Kuti then returned to Nigeria and tried to help the country by running for president. Likewise, I did the same thing; afterwards, Kuti, through all his obstacles, his music was what pillared him right back to the top. He understood the strongest way to help politically was to make sure the music was bangin’.
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So for me, the same way kids can have songs called ‘Wyclef Jean’ who are influenced by me, I want kids to know who Fela is and what he means,” Jean added.
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