Scion of the Kuti family Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 have relentlessly toured the globe for the first time in years, with an ongoing tour of the US, UK and Europe, stopping at major festivals such as Glastonbury. The tour is currently booked through October 1st in the US, for the tenth time a year Desert Daze in Moreno Valley, California and through November 7 in Europe Villanos del Jazz in Madrid, Spain. They performed classic anthems from their catalog alongside new material from their forthcoming album, such as the singles “Love and Revolution” and “Emi Aluta”. Recorded live at Clout Studio, Cool FM 96.9’s legendary premises on Victoria Island in Lagos, these two tracks are available now.
The new Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 album will also feature hip-hop versions of some songs from their 2018 Grammy®-nominated album Black Times, recorded in collaboration with Black Thought, co-founder/MC of Jimmy Fallon’s The Tonight Show house band The Roots , has arisen . The lead single “Kuku Kee Me (Remix)” is an official soundtrack selection for FIFA 23 and will be available for purchase and streaming on September 23 (the animated music video will be released on September 22). The track perfectly fuses the two artists’ unique yet global perspectives, combining funky beats and glowing verses to spread the message of “people power” in today’s world. Most recently, they worked with Black Thought on Common’s single “When We Move”, which debuted globally for UN World Oceans Day, before appearing on The Tonight Show, featuring recordings by Seun at the New Afrika Shrine in Lagos featuring Common, Black Thought and The Roots live on stage in New York.
As the youngest son of the visionary Fela Kuti, Seun has continued the family tradition of fusing music and politics into something transcendent. He started as an opener for his father at the age of nine, joined Egypt 80 before the age of 12 and took over management of the band after his father’s death in 1997. Seun plays his…
