The son of Afrobeat pioneer, Femi Kuti drops a
new song and video titled “Pa Pa Pa”.
‘ Pa Pa Pa‘ Before Femi Kuti was his own
bandleader, he started playing saxophone in his
father – Fela Kuti’s – band, Egypt 80, in 1979,
where he learned the ins and outs of performing
with a legend. “ My father was so huge,” Femi
says with a laugh. “ I taught myself everything I
knew, so I was learning on the job, and you are
not allowed to make mistakes. Being in front of
such an icon, it can be intimidating .” In 1984,
Femi had no choice but to fulfill his destiny after
Fela was arrested at the Lagos airport just
before the start of a U.S. tour and Femi was
asked to be the frontman of his father’s band
instead of cancelling the shows.
In 1986, Femi created his own band, called
Positive Force, which quickly gained notoriety as
a formidable group in Afrobeat music. Over the
next 30 years, Femi would amass worldwide
acclaim as an ambassador of this righteous
music and many humanitarian organizations.
Positive Force is still at the forefront of the
Afrobeat movement, expanding the music’s
vocabulary by adding hints of punk and hip-hop
to the sound, while maintaining its traditional
roots and political message. Femi has
performed on some of the world’s most
prestigious stages and festivals, and
collaborated with iconic musicians across a wide
array of genres, most recently Coldplay on their
song “ Arabesque ,” which is featured on their
latest album Everyday Life.
Stop The Hate — Femi’s eleventh studio album
— arrives just when listeners need it most, as
Black people throughout the world continue the
fight for equal rights and the end of police
brutality. Throughout his album, Femi criticizes
the local government for causing chaos when it
should be promoting peace. “ From corruption
him close eye take money,” Femi sings on the
exceptional “You Can’t Fight Corruption With
Corruption .” In an interview, he delves better into
the meaning: “ I’m talking about the government
in Nigeria. The president tried to win the election,
and he surrounds himself with everybody who is
corrupt. You can’t take money from criminals and
then fight criminals. If you are a good guy, you
don’t take money from bad guys to fight bad
guys. You just have to find a better way to fight
bad guys .”
“Pà Pá Pà” is taken from the forthcoming album
Legacy +, out February 12 on Partisan Records.
The song video was shot at the Afrika Shrine in
Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos by video director Adasa
Cookey .
Listen, Watch and Enjoy!!! “SONG…
