I’ve been blacklisted in music industry for 13 years – Seun Kuti

Grammy-nominated Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti has claimed that helium has been blacklisted successful the Nigerian euphony manufacture for astir 13 years owed to his benignant of music.

He explained that due to the fact that his precocious begetter Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and his contemporaries utilized their euphony arsenic a signifier of protestation against atrocious governance, the authorities invested heavy successful vain artists portion targeting conscious musicians.

Speaking successful a caller occurrence of the Saleh Meditate podcast, Kuti said government’s interference has importantly affected the prime and interaction of modern Nigerian music.

He, however, said being blacklisted successful Nigeria doesn’t impact him much, stressing that the state is conscionable a faction of his fanbase.

He said, “The interaction of Fela and his contemporaries who spoke information to powerfulness ineffable the government. They made the authorities realised the powerfulness of artistry. So, the authorities invested much successful artists who don’t marque conscious euphony than artists who sing astir realities.

“When I americium successful Nigeria, I don’t fearfulness to accidental immoderate I privation to say. That is simply a batch of radical are saying that I should beryllium cancelled. I person been cancelled for astir 13 years present aft I performed conscious euphony astatine erstwhile Lagos State Governor Ambode’s event. Even earlier then, my euphony was heavy restricted.

“I person been can...