Seun Kuti

E300374
bandleader human musician political activist saxophonist singer

Seun Kuti is a Nigerian musician, bandleader of Egypt 80, and political activist who continues and expands the Afrobeat legacy pioneered by his father, Fela Kuti.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Seun Kuti canonical 7
Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti 1
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
human ⓘ
musician ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
saxophonist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1990s ⓘ
associatedAct Egypt 80 ⓘ
Fela Kuti ⓘ
Femi Kuti ⓘ
birthName Seun Kuti self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti
countryOfBirth Nigeria ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Nigeria ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1983-01-11 ⓘ
familyName Kuti ⓘ
father Fela Kuti ⓘ
genre Afrobeat ⓘ
Afrofunk ⓘ
givenName Oluseun ⓘ
instrument saxophone ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
knownFor continuing the Afrobeat legacy of Fela Kuti ⓘ
politically charged lyrics ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ
memberOf Egypt 80 ⓘ
mother Fehintola Anikulapo-Kuti ⓘ
movement Afrobeat ⓘ
name Seun Kuti self-link ⓘ
nominatedFor Grammy Award for Best World Music Album ⓘ
notableWork A Long Way to the Beginning ⓘ
Black Times ⓘ
From Africa With Fury: Rise ⓘ
Many Things ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
musician ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
saxophonist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lagos ⓘ
politicalAlignment Pan-Africanism ⓘ
positionHeld bandleader of Egypt 80 ⓘ
recordLabel Because Music ⓘ
Knitting Factory Records ⓘ
sibling Femi Kuti ⓘ
Yeni Kuti ⓘ
socialMediaPlatform Instagram ⓘ
Twitter, Inc. ⓘ
surface form: Twitter
website https://www.seunkuti.net/ ⓘ

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Afrobeat → notableArtist → Seun Kuti ⓘ
Tony Allen → collaboratedWith → Seun Kuti ⓘ
Egypt 80 → influenced → Seun Kuti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
Egypt 80 → collaboratedWith → Seun Kuti ⓘ
Egypt 80 → hasNotableMember → Seun Kuti ⓘ
Femi Kuti → sibling → Seun Kuti ⓘ
Femi Kuti → associatedAct → Seun Kuti ⓘ
Seun Kuti → name → Seun Kuti self-link ⓘ
Seun Kuti → birthName → Seun Kuti self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti