{"id":58883,"date":"2018-07-19T10:02:55","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T09:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzznigeria.com\/?p=58883"},"modified":"2022-07-28T20:18:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T19:18:21","slug":"femi-kuti-biography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzznigeria.com\/femi-kuti-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Femi Kuti Biography, Age And Everything Else You Need To Know About Him"},"content":{"rendered":"
Femi Kuti (Full Name: Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti, born 16 June 1962) is a 61-year-old London-born Nigerian musician best known as the first son of renowned Nigerian afrobeat pioneer, singer, human rights activist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer Fela Kuti.<\/strong><\/p>\n While it is obvious that Femi inherited his father’s musical talents, the younger Kuti has kept himself busy for many decades, preserving his father’s musical accomplishments and polishing up his own musical taste. Like his father, he is famed for using his songs to motivate, inspire, and change the mindset of Africans.<\/p>\n Femi Kuti was named Olufela Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti after his birth on June 16, 1962, in London, England, in the United Kingdom. The 61 years old Femi Kuti was born to his parents; Remilekun (mother) and Fela Ransome-Kuti (father).<\/p>\n He was raised in Lagos partly by his mother, who abandoned his father shortly after his birth. Femi, however, moved in with his father in 1977, when he supposedly developed a strong interest in the Saxophone. He had his college education at\u00a0Igbobi College, a Lagos-based institution of learning founded in 1932.<\/p>\n The Afrobeat legend lost his mother in 2002 at the age of 60 while his father died of AIDS-related complications in 1997. The names of his siblings are\u00a0Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti (brother, born 1983), Omosalewa Anikulapo Kuti (a lawyer), Oluwayeni Anikulapo-Kuti (dancer, born 1961), Kunle Anikulapo Kuti (brother, born 1971) Sola Kuti (born 1963, died in 1997).<\/p>\n Femi Kuti has two sons, Ayomide Kuti and Made Anikulapo Kuti (born 1997). The latter came from his relationship with his former wife, Funke Kuti.<\/p>\n The musician’s career started way back in 1978 when he joined his father’s musical band, Eygpt 80. After banding together with his father as a keyboardist and saxophonist for eight years, Femi pulled out to set his own mark as a singer by forming his own band called Positive Force.<\/p>\n Kuti dropped his debut record in the year 1995, after which he pushed forward another brilliant record\u00a0titled: Shoki Shoki <\/em>(released in 1999). Following the release of the record, Femi gained immense popularity across the world, gaining a wider audience than many imagined.<\/p>\n Kuti’s impressive career continued to flourish until the year 2001 when he broke out of his comfort zone by joining forces with Pennsylvania-born R&B\/soul singer Jaguar Wright, American rapper\/poet\/film producer Lonnie Corant Jaman Shuka Rashid Lynn (stage name Common), and American hip-hop star Yasiin Bey, to produce the album, Fight to Win<\/em>.<\/p>\n The singer’s next collabo was with Los Angeles-based rock band, Jane’s Addiction. Femi’s stint with the band saw him tour\u00a0the United States, after which he also embarked on several other tours many years later. The music star is known to have embarked on over six international tours, which include\u00a0Larmer Tree Festival Salisbury UK (2015),\u00a0Band on the Wall Manchester, UK (2015),\u00a0Garforth Festival Garforth, Leeds (2015),\u00a0Latitude Festival Suffolk UK (2015),\u00a0Le Cabaret Sauvage Black Summer Festival, Paris\u00a0(Afrobeat concert, 2015),\u00a0Walthamstow Garden Party, London, Lloyd Park (2015), and The Lantern Bristol, UK 2015.<\/p>\nSo Who Exactly Is Femi Kuti and How Old Is He?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
His Music Career Continued In His Father’s Legacy<\/strong><\/h3>\n