Drake ’s short film Please Forgive Me is finally here — and with it, came the music videos for his smash hits "Controlla” and “One Dance.”
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It was shot in Johannesburg, South Africa and
follows Drake (who stars as a gang member) and his girlfriend (Belgian model/actor Fanny Neguesha), who is offered one million dollars to sleep with a crime boss, played by actor Sonni Chidiebere.

One of the more notable parts of the short film is when Fela Kuti’s “Colonial Mentality” makes an appearance at the 13:15 mark. The track is off of his
Sorrow, Tears and Blood album, which was released in 1977 and was written as a response to the Soweto Uprising of 1976.
During the uprising, thousands of South African students protested the forced teaching of Afrikaans, the colonial language of Apartheid. The ominous sounds play as we get a look at the villain’s compound.

Drake, of course, is not the only major artist today influenced by Fela, the late Nigerian saxophonist and vocalist behind the genre known as Afrobeat.
According to U.S singer/songwriter The-Dream, Beyoncé cut an entire LP inspired by Fela that’s still sitting on the shelf:
As The-Dream mentions, though, there
is a released Bey song that borrows
from Fela’s vibe. “End of Time,” off
her 2011 album 4, features powerful
Afrobeat-like horn lines, and the drum-
heavy nature of the song is certainly in
line with Fela’s music.

Common is a fan, too! The opening track off his 2000 album Like Water for Chocolate is entitled “Time Travelin' (A Tribute to Fela),” and features Fela’s son, Femi Kuti .
Fela’s “Fear Not For Man” is sampled on Yasiin Bey's 1999 track “Fear Not of Man.” And the 2002 compilation Red Hot + Riot: The Music + Spirit of Fela Kuti features appearances from Talib Kweli, D'Angelo, Kelis, Nile Rodgers, Dead Prez, and Common.
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Culled and paraphrased from:
https://genius.com/a/how-fela-kuti-influenced-drakes-new-film-please-forgive-me