BEVERLY HILLS, May 13, (THEWILL) – Femi Kuti, the first son of the late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, has reacted to his father’s loss in the 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.
THEWILL had reported that Fela was nominated alongside international artistes like Tina Turner, The Go-Go’s, Iron Maiden, Foo Fighters, Jay-Z, Dionne Warwick, and Carole King.
Fela came second, based on fan votes.
This will be the first time the late legend had ever received a nomination for the induction, at the end of which he lost out to Tina Turner despite having received over 500,009 fan votes.
Femi, reacting to the news, took to his Twitter page saying that although Fela had votes from Nigerians the last decision was made by members.
He wrote: “Apparently there is another vote (that) only members can take part in, and that’s what counts.
“So, they kind of wasted our precious time; the positive side is Fela was trending and many who never heard of him got to hear his music and his story.”
Kuti enjoined Nigerians to look at the positive side of how the nomination made Fela’s music global.
“But look at the positive side. We made Fela trend, lots of people who never heard of him googled, checked him up, listened to his music,” his tweet read.
