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Wizkid should stop behaving like a kid.
If it is in the western world is rating will drop,he will loose his endorsements and fans base.

alphonsojidebab:
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Who is the fool that's making that comparison? Why should it even be conceived? This generation should be careful so that they can live long. What audacity? Fela is in the Micheal Jackson category. It will take 1000s of generations before we can have a resemblance of these men and women. Imagine!

BlackViper:
That's why there's a saying:

It is better to keep your mouth shut and let people suspect you're a fool, than to open your mouth and have it proved beyond reasonable doubt

I have officially lost whatever tiny fragment of respect I once had for wizkid. He even lacks the self awareness to know how odd it looks that he's still calling himself a kid at the age of 35.

as in ur respect dey bring free data for am,it seems u just put on data,if not u would have known that seun kuti has been dragging him since last week

Wizkid is sounding like Kolu right now 💀

Orile/alaba is where his father was a long term resident. He is a fake guy. He even jacked ojuelegba where he never lived to tap into Fela's master hit for his biggest song ever. I won't puck essence,because thst that had Tems signature melody and style imprint all over it.

cr7lomo:
These gen z artists no get respect ... see this gutter ajegunle boy claiming surulere , disrespecting the great man ... fela that fought for the people thru his music ...while this gutter boy frolicks with politicians... how dare this leprechaun think that he is at felas level.... with those useless nonsense he releases these days ...

Plenty songs like Joro that he sampked off Fela.He starts all shows with "everybody say yeah yeah",a straight jack off Fela. In his about 17 year career as a singer,( wont call him a musician as he cant play any instrument) he hasn't been able to come uo with an intro line A clear copy cat.

faceland:
Wizkid song "sweet love", he sampled Fela's Shakara Oloje...

My brother, the one that inspired you is greater than you even though you did greater things than them (commercially).

He has even fallen off in UK where he relocated to chasing their passport in an inferiority complex move After that floppy spurs stadium show, his status diminished. Now hanging on featured songs to record hit songs. Ir is Asake's turn forhim to leech on

Menclothing1:
Someone that is not know by local government chairman in north

Ordinary Nigeria tour you can’t do you mate Davido they tour all region in Nigeria last time u came to Abuja empty stadium
Lagos show self always scanty
You big pass Fela change ur dealer wizkid ur generation combine no near fela shoe wen u pai u pai like dog no single remembrance or museum for you

He is older than that . Lied about his age, Folks that they went to high school together are turning 40 this year. He is age mate wirh Wande Coa,who will be 40 this year.l

uchman:
Is Wizkid 35?

runningriot:
I know the implication of taking cheap weed.

Gibberish.

cassidy1996:
na Una dey spoil all these celebrities with dis ratings

I think Burnaboy is the 001.

Wizkid no even know u sef.

BlackViper:
That's why there's a saying:

It is better to keep your mouth shut and let people suspect you're a fool, than to open your mouth and have it proved beyond reasonable doubt

I have officially lost whatever tiny fragment of respect I once had for wizkid. He even lacks the self awareness to know how odd it looks that he's still calling himself a kid at the age of 35.

Fela has a very good legacy










Even up till now, oyinbo visit his shrine in kalakuta republic,
And he was the only one to ever since about maladministration and bad governance during the Nigeriaan military era. It was the soldiers that killed his mum, Mrs olufunmilayo ransom kuti who also was the first woman to ride a car in Africa, even fela also has the first doctor or so in his family, all of them are pioneers and great success stories of our country!





Wizkid is just a baby, he should stick to his music and learn to sit down and be humble!











The shoes laces of Felas shoes, he cannot lace them!
Pride goes before a fall!

runningriot:
what are Fela's achievements that Wizkid has not accomplished? If Fela should be alive singing now he wouldn't have blown outside the neighborhood of Abeokuta. But Wizkid just dey pay loyalty to the man as symbolic form of respect nothing much!

Did you just type this? Abeg edit am if na mistake.

lightwind:
That man you quoted is actually telling you the truth about a certain tribe's behavior in Nigeria.

So, please listen to him and learn.

$

Why fly no go support shit.

Funny enough! he copied fela lifestyle like is dance step and style

Gaabasky:
Wizkid that's not up to K1 u wan compare with Abami Ẹda. Arifin

Talazo kẹ, the boy is not up to Malaika sef.

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.

GEEBITE:
Plenty songs like Joro that he sampked off Fela.He starts all shows with "everybody say yeah yeah",a straight jack off Fela. In his about 17 year career as a singer,( wont call him a musician as he cant play any instrument) he hasn't been able to come uo with an intro line A clear copy cat.

Even title like "Expensive Shit" (although out of context) was inspired by Fela.

Wizkid statement was foolish (out if emotion or ego).

Couldn't have put it better than you did. Watch the U.S army and navy band's rendition of Fela's "water no get enemy."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx6k7kqK5kA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nzeWgxFDtM

zicobaba:
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.