Fela greater than Wizkid: Twitter debate
The spirit of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, who died on 2 August 1997, tends to Twitter, following a comparison between him and Wizkid of Nigeria.
The immediate trigger for the comparison was Wizkid's exhausted concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, some Wizkid fans felt that Wizkid was to be the greatest musician ever out of Nigeria. Not so
Fela Kuti
much, have said many articles on Twitter, most of which stated that it was aberrant and totally disrespectful to compare Fela with Wizkid. Here are ten tweets on the debate Amigo @PapazLagos Stop not to respect Fela by comparing it to Wizkid. It's a legend that took Africa to the world when there was no social media or Internet Cendrillon Man @Osi_Suave Fela was more than a musician. Fela was a culture. Fela was an activism. Ferdinand @Burmese_Tyga Fela did not become the greatest saxophonist in Africa, represented the people, had his mother thrown on the balcony for you to compare him to Wizkid. DaddyMo @officialdaddymo Compare Wizkid and Fela is an intellectual bankruptcy. Do not do it. There are other topics you can engage in for mental stimulation. Isima @IsimaOdeh Sir Paul McCartney has sold more than 1 billion albums with The Beatles. He came to Nigeria to implore Fela for a collaboration, Fela said no. Motown executives traveled to Nigeria and offered him $ 1 million to be signed to the former Michael Jackson label, he said no. FAVOR ONYEOZIRI @Rouvafe Which Wizkid are you currently comparing with Fela? the Wizkid who can not last one day in the cell, talk less about the prison of another Wizkid Ferdinand @Burmese_Tyga This is not the case for these generations! The music has changed from "message" to "pon pon pon" beat! This is why you qualify as a club artist on FELA KUTI !! Ebuka Akara @ebuka_akara Fela sang for the people. He fought with the government and demanded a better life for Nigerians through his music. They even killed his mother
Osas Cruz @OsasCruz It's disrespectful for anyone to compare wizkid to Fela, abeg Wizkid is doing well and we're proud of him but STOP misses at Baba Fela Isima @IsimaOdeh Anyone who says that Wizkid is bigger than Fela is looking for attention . Do not give them. Even Wizkid knows that Fela is his great-grandfather when it comes to musical grandeur. A post indicates however that the greatness of Fela belongs to the past and that Wizkid is the new king David Emmanuel @UcheTheAfrican Yes, Fela inspired and created this path for Wizkid. But, today and now, Wizkid is bigger and more accepted. Success is a scale Fela Anikulapo Kuti, also known as Fela Kuti and simply Fela, was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, musician, composer, pioneer of the Afrobeat musical genre, a human rights activist and a political unknown. He died in 1997 at the age of 58.
The immediate trigger for the comparison was Wizkid's exhausted concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, some Wizkid fans felt that Wizkid was to be the greatest musician ever out of Nigeria. Not so
Fela Kuti
much, have said many articles on Twitter, most of which stated that it was aberrant and totally disrespectful to compare Fela with Wizkid. Here are ten tweets on the debate Amigo @PapazLagos Stop not to respect Fela by comparing it to Wizkid. It's a legend that took Africa to the world when there was no social media or Internet Cendrillon Man @Osi_Suave Fela was more than a musician. Fela was a culture. Fela was an activism. Ferdinand @Burmese_Tyga Fela did not become the greatest saxophonist in Africa, represented the people, had his mother thrown on the balcony for you to compare him to Wizkid. DaddyMo @officialdaddymo Compare Wizkid and Fela is an intellectual bankruptcy. Do not do it. There are other topics you can engage in for mental stimulation. Isima @IsimaOdeh Sir Paul McCartney has sold more than 1 billion albums with The Beatles. He came to Nigeria to implore Fela for a collaboration, Fela said no. Motown executives traveled to Nigeria and offered him $ 1 million to be signed to the former Michael Jackson label, he said no. FAVOR ONYEOZIRI @Rouvafe Which Wizkid are you currently comparing with Fela? the Wizkid who can not last one day in the cell, talk less about the prison of another Wizkid Ferdinand @Burmese_Tyga This is not the case for these generations! The music has changed from "message" to "pon pon pon" beat! This is why you qualify as a club artist on FELA KUTI !! Ebuka Akara @ebuka_akara Fela sang for the people. He fought with the government and demanded a better life for Nigerians through his music. They even killed his mother
Osas Cruz @OsasCruz It's disrespectful for anyone to compare wizkid to Fela, abeg Wizkid is doing well and we're proud of him but STOP misses at Baba Fela Isima @IsimaOdeh Anyone who says that Wizkid is bigger than Fela is looking for attention . Do not give them. Even Wizkid knows that Fela is his great-grandfather when it comes to musical grandeur. A post indicates however that the greatness of Fela belongs to the past and that Wizkid is the new king David Emmanuel @UcheTheAfrican Yes, Fela inspired and created this path for Wizkid. But, today and now, Wizkid is bigger and more accepted. Success is a scale Fela Anikulapo Kuti, also known as Fela Kuti and simply Fela, was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, musician, composer, pioneer of the Afrobeat musical genre, a human rights activist and a political unknown. He died in 1997 at the age of 58.
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