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Fela smokes weed, had several wives, died of aids!

Fela was a mad song writer, played the saxophone, keyboard, trumpet etc. .
Fela was an activist dat fought 4 human rights, fela saw the future we live in today!

Internationally, he's been remembered for his music. . .
That makes him an ICON.

Many youths that chose to follow his weakness instead of his strenghts, av themselves to blame!

I learnt the saxophone cos of fela. . .
He's my role model.
U cant tel me he's a bad rolemodel, cos he smokes weed.

Chose what u want in life, when u do bad, dnt blame it on a public figure. . . Thats hypocricy! You chose the bad urself. . .

FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI ABAMI EDA BABA 70. . .
LEGEND FROM NIGERIA, MUSIC ICON RECOGNISED ALL OVER THE WORLD.

Fela smokes weed, had several wives, died of aids!

Fela was a mad song writer, played the saxophone, keyboard, trumpet etc. .
Fela was an activist dat fought 4 human rights, fela saw the future we live in today!

Internationally, he's been remembered for his music. . .
That makes him an ICON.

Many youths that chose to follow his weakness instead of his strenghts, av themselves to blame!

I learnt the saxophone cos of fela. . .
He's my role model.
U cant tel me he's a bad rolemodel, cos he smokes weed.

Chose what u want in life, when u do bad, dnt blame it on a public figure. . . Thats hypocricy! You chose the bad urself. . .

FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI ABAMI EDA BABA 70. . .
LEGEND FROM NIGERIA, MUSIC ICON RECOGNISED ALL OVER THE WORLD.

obo_man:
Leave the young man (OP) alone. He came here to be enlightened and not to be abused. I find it childish when open discussion turns to casting personal aspersions.

naaah he came here to impose his view on us. . .
he has read many books on fela. . . what more enlightenment does he need?

obo_man:
Is Fela really an Icon? All you had to do is express your opinion in a matured manner and not to abuse the OP,

yeah i expressed my opinion. . only came wiv insults! deal wiv it

obo_man:
@tosinaded, I'm referring to you in particular.

yeah i figured. . . now pls drop ur comments on the topic!

Solozzo:
Rehearsing with colleagues with in underpants is surely against Nigerian societal norms especially when he knew the press were around. Fela's sense of morality and decency was beclouded by his excessive shunning of ethics all in the name of freedom. He was a great saxophonist notwithstanding.

yet we can watch miss naija tthat shows us girls in bras and pants alone?

rush rush is actually my fav on the album!
i feel thats the best song on the album

semid4lyfe:
This thread dey vex me die. Make Seun delete am jare.

What audacity and blasphemy. . . . . . .

freedom of speech

Solozzo:
I believe what the OP raised is an important issue. That is what makes a real man, an icon. We need to redefine this carefully. The morality of one's life is an important aspect of one's status.

In retrospect, Fela was like a hypocrite who condemned society's ills but practices bad behavior in his own way, all in the name of freedom. He ruined the lives of so many youths, spread HIV to many and had little control over finances. His republic was a disaster.

He was a social critic, a hypocrite and a musical genius. ThIs is my submission

explain further

brixton:
YES,im a fan of Fela but fela is not d kinda person i wud call a National icon.y'all need to take a walk around Balogun area of ikeja to see fo urselves d fruits of a your so called "universal icon".Do u know ow many lives av been wasted/ruined in following Fela and his ways? Why is dat dude argueing about fela walking around Unclad or ar u too old to remember watching his interviews and musical videos? Atleast,im teen enuf to knw ma right frm wrong, heheheh!smoke weed everyday!!!

go read my previous post where i talked abt good and bad!

Chuks84:
Its been a while since I commented on this site, the first thing I noticed is that tosinadeda still speaks from his anus instead of approaching issues in a matured way. The poster raised a valid question, one which I have asked my self many times. Fela's lifestyle was a total mess, a marijuana addict, unbelievably promiscous, he refused his son femi, the opportunity to be properly educated, he eventually died of a disease that would make anyone an outcast in our society. But what makes one an icon? Despite all his follies, he was a voice of the people, a vocal critic of our corrupt government, he stood up to the military when others cowered, he was able to inspire most Nigerians through his music, this alone elevated his to the status of an icon.

hands him a trophy stalker oshi. . get a freaking life

Roland17:
@op

Your post has just hit the lions tail, u have eaten more than u can chew with this one, if u were not lucky to live the times of BABA 70, then u can keep your mind quiet and discuss more issues relating to modern untalented acts that have made u loose your sense of identity.

+1

FLYBOY:
Re: Is Fela Really A Nigerian Icon
« #32 on: Today at 04:36:01 PM »

Quote from: tosinaded@ on Today at 04:28:04 PM
@poster

pls show us where u read that fela used to walk the streets Unclad
I promised to ignore you but read this
http://blog.felaonbroadway.com/2009/11/felas-stark-Unclad-jig.html

I think it a great privilege to be the first daughter of a great man like Fela Anikulapo Kuti. I remember a lot of the stories my mother and grandmother told me of the times they had with Fela in England when they met. Fela and my mother, Remi, were so young and full of life!

There was one funny story about the British people that I find amusing to this day. You know how British people can be reserved but nosy? So my grandmother and her neighbour used to peep at each other every day and gossip about whatever they saw. Fela used to watch them and one day while she was in the act of peeping he just pulled open the curtain and exposed her. She was so upset she went red with embarrassment. Another time, while the other neighbour was peeping, he pulled the curtain and did a jig while he was stark Unclad. I suppose that would have cured that lady of peeping and I’m sure it cured my grandmother somewhat.

This kind of story doesn’t detract from the sheer talent and heavily ideological mind that he had and his dream for the emancipation of the Black race. When I was a teenager I went to many university lectures with him that has influenced my own ideology until today. He expanded my mind to the great history of our people from the Pharaohs in Egypt right up to the slave trade.

I know that the corruption of our leaders was the one thing that gave Fela the greatest concern, but I think he was disillusioned at the time of his death. No matter how many songs he sang about corruption and mismanagement we still went out and voted for the worst culprits that he’d already warned us about. A good example is our former president, Obasanjo. Despite being a topic of many Fela songs, we still voted him into office and when he did not perform well we complained. If only we had listened to Fela we would have know he was unlikely to do anything positive.

You know Fela’s name, Anikulapo-Kuti (which I bear with pride) means “I have death in my pouch.” Many people would not understand that name, but the real meaning is what we see now: his name never dies. The present interest in him is as if he was still alive. For generations to come Fela will be a source of inspiration to millions of people around the world. I feel proud to be his daughter and could not have asked for a greater father.

~Yeni Anikulapo Kuti

you probably know better than she does
Tongue


Did you read what you posted, Can you kindly show where it says HE was on the street!!!!!!
You level of comprehension is appallingly low

i knowingly didnt want to reply him. . . . Good u did!

hackney:
YES, He was an icon and will forever be.

He was an unbiased  strong voice that spoke for the people and against oppression, corruption and general political moral decadence.
He was zero materialistic despite his wealth.

The man had guts and i will always respect him.

God Bless You

ikooko:
Now your comment gave you out that you are a teenager. The real Shrine was established by Fela himself, Femi his first son took over and did all that is necessary to re-establish and modernize it after his father's demise.

That SHRINE represents not only Afro-Beat but SYMBOL of LIBERATION.

Go ask your dad, he will tell you more.

thank you

bossinie:
Very easy to deduce your lack of assimilation of the subject matter,poster knows enough to ask a well articulated question which you have no answer to.However, as long as most of us will not wish for our children or wards to live or end-up like Fela then it is hypocritical to label him an 'icon'.

u obviously lack the understanding of what an icon is. . . . . .

EveryHuman has GOOD and BAD sides!
Nobody Holy pass. . . plus the silly poster.

choose the one u want to emulate. . . .
HIs GOOD qualifies him an ICON

@poster

pls show us where u read that fela used to walk the streets naked

the annoying part is that u no even wan listen to wetin people dey talk. . . . .
if ur mind is made up, why make ur topic public?

tushutt:
i was only asking a question ive read several books on fela and even listen to some of his songs. however i am asking what exactly elevated him to the iconic status.

u av read so many books on fela, yet u dnt know why he's an ICON. . . . .
whats ur IQ?  

Obama smokes cigarretes so he's disqualified from being a role model se?
ur line of thinking is childish and myopic

grow the fck up

tushutt:
@tosinaded

whatever happened to that piece of meat inbetween you skull will remain a mystery unsolved

but for future purposes lemme get this into your empty skull

i was only asking a question ive read several books on fela and even listen to some of his songs. however i am asking what exactly elevated him to the iconic status.

why is soyinka a national icon? ans = the first african nobel laureate abi
why is fela a national icon? ans =

u re daft!

shoot the poster abeg! how old are u?
go ask ur parents about fela my friend. . .

Insert Quote
^Get down fully deserves to be there.Since when did we hear pidgin rap filled wiv wordplays and metaphors? How oleku made it in that category mystifies me.


U av a point sha. . .

That rap album of the year category get as e be o. . .
No vector, od,aq,ikechukwu, naeto c . . .
Yet we have 2shotz and ruggedman?


Lyricist on the roll. . . . Dammie dan talk haalf, make i talk the remaining half.
What is oleku and get down doing in that category?


Am shocked that OD has no nomination. . . His album is one of the best the year under review



I also love the idea of the concious song category. . Lets encourage not only party songs

The question should be why is he not hyped! NIkka aint even hyped yet and sumone thinks he is overhyped

http://www.4shared.com/audio/rNWEWrPy/Vector_-_I_Love_you_Nigeria.html?

http://www.4shared.com/audio/4ZwlwyMb/Vector_-_Kilode.html?


http://www.4shared.com/audio/4nF2LkrL/Vector_-_Mary_Jane.html?

http://www.4shared.com/audio/VJeK21qt/Vector_-_Thug_love.html?


http://www.4shared.com/audio/aSB96SLl/vector_-_MOTI.html?

http://www.4shared.com/audio/wk7zXNT2/Vector_ft_2face_-_Get_Down.html?

http://www.4shared.com/audio/fQPxmCU8/Vector_-_Denge_pose.html?

http://www.4shared.com/audio/HpL34Lfy/Oleku_-_Vector.html?



Its funny that the poster didnt post songs for posters to listen to and judge. . . .

Isnt that the xame road that made the former minister of transport cry publicly on channels tv. . . False tears. . Shameless bastards, to think that she was a woman. . .

Follow him on twitter @thisisaq . . .

Aq is sick. .

Follow him on twitter @thisisaq . . .

Aq is sick. .

slimghost:
Good u said the ones uve heard. Vector is cool but definitely not the best free stylist.

I bet i av heard more than u av. . .
Pls name just one

slimghost:
Lies, Kid Jam and Sinzu would murder him str8 up.

Nobody i av heard, freestyles better than vector. . . .

Mobinga:
As im com rap for yoruba how I go take understand am? The song appeals to yoruba people. Don Jazzy ain't yoruba sef.

Too bad if u dnt understand

Naijas number freestyle king. . . . I dare any rapper to battle him.

Yoruba rap toh bad ----> @Baseone1 ​#enigma freestyle http:///qvnQXN


Baseone is a beast. . . . Dagrin is alive i swear, em go dey smile for heaven!
Freestyle from beginning to the end. .

Oshi oda. . .
When blaise neva die?