The youngest son of the late Afro-beat icon Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Seun Kuti, has described how growing up, being his late father’s son, caused him to be stigmatized.
The Afrobeat singer said his paternity affected not only his personal life but also his relationships, stressing that he couldn’t go to his girlfriend’s father’s house.
Kuti made the revelation during a recent interview with actress Iyabo Ojo.
According to him, the stigmatisation was appalling because his late father didn’t do anything to warrant it.
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“When I was growing up, I was stigmatized for being Fela’s son. I couldn’t even enter my girlfriend’s father’s house. Even on the street, people would always point at me and say, ‘See Fela pikin.’ It was annoying because my father didn’t do anything.
“Now, these killers, murderers, corrupt thieves that their actions are killing millions of Nigerians everyday, you are willing to be in party with them and hailing them. We need to check ourselves,” he said.
In the interview, he also revealed that he joined Egypt 80, his late father’s band, when he was just 8 years old.
Born in 1983, Kuti developed a love for music at the age of five, and by the time he was nine, he was performing with Egypt 80, his father’s band.
Following Fela Kuti’s passing in 1997, Egypt 80 was led by Seun Kuti.
