₦airaland Forum

Sheuns:
If we take achievements into consideration, Wizkid achieved more than Fela in both their primes.


Those of you talking of impact. Well Wizkid also has made significant impact in the music world. Take it or leave it.

Also for those asking if Wizkid has used his songs to challenge bad leaders. Despite all the insults and criticisms Fela threw at the bad leaders during his time, how much impact or what changed?

If you’re waiting for a musician or someone to challenge bad leadership for you, then definitely you’re not ready for positive change.

Am sure u don't know history and what happened during the Dodan barracks , u don't know of Kalakuta .... Fela was a movement, he kept the dictators of Abacha Babangida on toes, where was this kid during ENd-sars , answer me... The kid got Grammy from a collabo he was invited to feature while Grammy recognized Fela for long time achievement

RealityKings1:
So how come he's still making money and getting recognition?
He's making good music, you aren't just paying attention

Dont be a mumu. He lives on the royalties of his old good music. And other investments he has used music money to build.

And he'll be getting it till after he dies.

Fela is still getting royalties in thousands of dollars till date.

Wizkid was good musically but no more. Davido is doing better with his "Frog voice" hits back to back.

AstroHenri:
Am sure u don't know history and what happened during the Dodan barracks , u don't know of Kalakuta .... Fela was a movement, he kept the dictators of Abacha Babangida on toes, where was this kid during ENd-sars , answer me... The kid got Grammy from a collabo he was invited to feature while Grammy recognized Fela for long time achievement

Most Wizkid fans are kids like him.

Stop wasting your time educating people who dont want to be educated.

Fela is read in African history world over most especially in the US.

I met a French woman who told me she got to know about Nigeria through history of Fela. I met another American who the moment I said Im from Nigeria he said "Oh, Fela Kuti's country"

Davido is greater than Wizkid, talk less Fela.

Who be Wizkid?

We as humans are different in many ways. One man's food is another man's poision.

Maybe this is what makes life interesting.

I can't relate to any Wizkid songs.

Maybe it is just me, or maybe his songs isn't just my type. I will choose Kiss Daniel over Wizkid, Davido and Burna boy anytime any day.

So, personally, I felt insulted for what they said Wizkid said about Fela Abami Eda..

Shebi wizkid na yoruba boy, can't he see fela nickname!

Namaster:
Is that the person saying someone has a "dirty body"?

The same guy that looks like he's just ONE rung above Portable in the RAGAMUFFIN ladder.

Wizkid can't be brandishing his dad as a tattoo and be talking like a baby..

Pmoney0123:
The T-shirt na how much? 🙄 😂
Dey play

All.you unknowledgeable kids talk bout material things that ANY FOOL.can get..

Also,,it comes from poverty stricken, scarcity minded fellows like you..

Pmoney0123:
Super story 😂 😂

See juvenile that knows absolutely NOTHING about music .

olurotimi:
Wiskid is wrong to claim to be bigger than Baba Fela. Baba Fela invented afro beat and many other artists like himself ,Davido,Burna boy etc built from this noble work left behind by the Legend.

Wrong. All thsoe artists started with hiphop

IbileIfe:
Is Wizkid 40 already?
Chai! I do dey old o.

Wizkid is 35 years old

He has never claimed to be bigger than fella and he'll never do that.

olurotimi:
Wiskid is wrong to claim to be bigger than Baba Fela. Baba Fela invented afro beat and many other artists like himself ,Davido,Burna boy etc built from this noble work left behind by the Legend.

I just hope this people won't spoil their Papa's legacy.

Sonnobax15:

My only concern is why must the two marijuana smoking scallywags have to stoop so low to the extent of dragging Fela's name into a bad limelight like this? .

Ordinary Fela Tshirt wey family share reach Seun big pass wizkid full musical career .

But then again,make both of Dem get out abeg

Mumu just full this one head. make Seun go use the T-shirt collect money for bank na. How much he fit collect with the shirt. open mouth and be talking rubbish. watin make Fela be legend? because he dey insult president up and down. Seun Kuti is fool to have dragged his fathers name out by himself.

StoryHaven:
Dont be a mumu. He lives on the royalties of his old good music. And other investments he has used music money to build.

And he'll be getting it till after he dies.

Fela is still getting royalties in thousands of dollars till date.

Wizkid was good musically but no more. Davido is doing better with his "Frog voice" hits back to back.

Thats because you dont know good and quality music. you like noise more than music hence your love for Frog voice. I agree with you davido music sells mor in Nigerian market than Wizkid. but Wizkid musics sell ore abroad than Davido. Davido just make noise everywhere in the name of music.

3kay945:
We as humans are different in many ways. One man's food is another man's poision.

Maybe this is what makes life interesting.

I can't relate to any Wizkid songs.

Maybe it is just me, or maybe his songs isn't just my type. I will choose Kiss Daniel over Wizkid, Davido and Burna boy anytime any day.

So, personally, I felt insulted for what they said Wizkid said about Fela Abami Eda..

Shebi wizkid na yoruba boy, can't he see fela nickname!

Well your choice. and blame Seun for dragging Fela's name into the mud. Why did he compare Wizkid with Fela in the first place.

morgstreme:
Wizkid can't be brandishing his dad as a tattoo and be talking like a baby..

It was the foolish dude who dragged Fela name into the argument in the first place. If he didnt say Wizkid is small before Fela, even when Wizkid never compared himself to fela and he claimed fela name has given him $100K and whether wizkid name can give his kid money after he is dead. Wizkid whose name alone can give his kid millions of dollars after he is gone, is what that useless Seun is taking about like that.

fxexperts:
Thats because you dont know good and quality music. you like noise more than music hence your love for Frog voice. I agree with you davido music sells mor in Nigerian market than Wizkid. but Wizkid musics sell ore abroad than Davido. Davido just make noise everywhere in the name of music.

bruh even in Nigeria Wizkid is still ruling it, who's song is hitting everywhere since December till now

Wizkid is too small to compare himself to Fela. It's an insult.

He is a small rat that has no respect for elders.

fxexperts:
Thats because you dont know good and quality music. you like noise more than music hence your love for Frog voice. I agree with you davido music sells mor in Nigerian market than Wizkid. but Wizkid musics sell ore abroad than Davido. Davido just make noise everywhere in the name of music.

Lie lie,

Wizkid is the noise maker here. Which one be;

Shọkọ, shọkọ, shọkọ. shọkọ.

She tell me say, she go follow me go.
My Mama tell me say, make I work hard o.
My friends tell me say Tinubu don mad o.
Ọmọ Igbo tell me say na im develop India o.


She tell me say.

It shall never be well with anyone that disrespects Baba Fela.

He is bigger than all our celeb, both home and abroad combined

insidelife22:
Let's be real Wizkid stopped making good and quality music a long time ago

He beefs people to stay relevant.

Old cat in new house.

insidelife22:
Let's be real Wizkid stopped making good and quality music a long time ago

He beefs people to stay relevant.

Old cat in new house.

Who started the beef?answer Oga,some of you are just too emotional and funny you got 153 likes from emotivism

Is it true that a Nigerian youngster said he is greater than Fela?
I sincerely hope he was misquoted.

Even if he were to live ten lifetimes, his art and his life could not measure up to Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.

Is it in art?
Is it in music?
Is it in activism, courage, or originality?

Fela was not just a musician; he was a movement, a conscience, a revolution in human form. His music gave birth to Afrobeat, a genre now studied in universities across the world, sampled by global superstars, and performed on the world’s greatest stages. From Lagos to London, New York to Berlin, Fela’s sound reshaped global music and African identity.

Fela stood alone—fearless in the face of military dictatorships, unapologetic in his resistance to oppression. He used his music as a weapon against injustice, corruption, colonial mentality, and state violence. For this, he was arrested over 200 times, brutalized, imprisoned, tortured, exiled, and silenced—yet never broken.

His mother was murdered by the state. His house, the Kalakuta Republic, was burned to the ground. His property was seized. He was flogged, beaten, and jailed from Alagbon to Panti, hounded by police and soldiers alike. Yet, after every assault, Fela returned with sharper lyrics, deeper rhythms, and more defiant truth.

For any young person—musician or not—to compare himself to Fela, he must first walk the corridors of Nigerian jailhouses: Lagos, Maiduguri, Benin. He must endure police cells and military tribunals. He must lose everything, go into exile, and still return with his creative spirit intact.

Fela was a multi-instrumentalist, a composer, bandleader, philosopher, and cultural theorist. He could play virtually every instrument in his band, wrote complex compositions lasting 15 to 30 minutes, and fused jazz, highlife, funk, Yoruba rhythms, and political poetry into something entirely original—something timeless.

Globally, Fela is honored as:
• One of the most influential musicians of the 20th century
• A cultural icon whose life inspired Broadway productions, documentaries, books, and academic studies
• A symbol of African resistance and intellectual freedom
• A voice for the oppressed, long after his death

Fela did not chase acceptance. The world came to him.

So, whoever this fellow is—if he indeed made such a claim—should simply be ignored. He may be one of those who would flee the country the moment the police knock once on his car window in Ojuelegba.

Fela did not run.
Fela stood.
Fela fought.
And Fela remains immortal.

Anikulapo—the man who carried death in his pouch.

YouandiAllofus:
Seun is just as immature as wiz

Seconded cos have not seen Mr Femi joining the conversation

fxexperts:
It was the foolish dude who dragged Fela name into the argument in the first place. If he didnt say Wizkid is small before Fela, even when Wizkid never compared himself to fela and he claimed fela name has given him $100K and whether wizkid name can give his kid money after he is dead. Wizkid whose name alone can give his kid millions of dollars after he is gone, is what that useless Seun is taking about like that.

Wizkid Fc dragged Fela'sname into their useless arguments NOT Seun..

Get your FACTS right .

Insulting fathers.

And na one musician first sing for e song say e get money pass one girl papa

Was Wizkid Really Disrespectful?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTN7iwjE3ok

It's obvious that this space is filled with wiz haters. What ever the case, he is a great musician, lyrically acclaimed. That guy is still winning Grammy, he is not loud, just cool and correct. Never boastful about owning this or that. Some people are thriving on the legacy of their parents or family. Wiz made his stardom without kobo from no body. He is a legend that should be celebrated and respected. Till today till tomorrow I'll pick one of wiz for a thousands of his haters. Bad energy stay far away!!

femi4:
Is stream n hits the same. Go school, you no gree

na why you be mumu so, where for my comment you see stream and hit na de same, so for your own School them dey teach stream and hit song for there, Pray make God give you spirit of understanding mugu,

quickly:
It’s like comparing Beethoven and terry g.

Fela is a proper musician way before internet and his music is still raining. This year they want to give him Grammy. Wizkid is not a musician in the sense of the word.

Most these Genz una no get sense one of them would say wizkid pass Michael Jackson.


Be like say wizkid don smoke too much

who be Gen z? Are you older than me. First of all what is the definition of "music"

morgstreme:
Wizkid Fc dragged Fela'sname into their useless arguments NOT Seun..

Get your FACTS right .

Big stars do not respond to trolls by dragging another big star down. So he started a beef with Wizkid because of what a fan of wizkid posted. is that not stupidity.