Seun Kuti just dropped a scorching hot take claiming his dad literally invented hip-hop flow. This musician told the Hits Don’t Lie podcast that Fela Anikulapo-Kuti pioneered rap decades prior to it becoming a global phenomenon. He insists the Afrobeat legend was spitting rhythmic verses before the world even had a name for that delivery style.
The son highlighted Authority Stealing as the smoking gun where his father utilized spoken-word cadences with heavy political themes. That recording happened during the seventies, when nobody realized such vocal techniques would eventually morph into a massive culture. Seun believes those early sessions prove Fela laid the groundwork for emcees everywhere.
The son highlighted Authority Stealing as the smoking gun where his father utilized spoken-word cadences with heavy political themes. That recording happened during the seventies, when nobody realized such vocal techniques would eventually morph into a massive culture. Seun believes those early sessions prove Fela laid the groundwork for emcees everywhere.
