Seun Kuti Hits Back: Comparing Wizkid to Fela Is Pure Disrespect and Ignorance
By: Abudu Olalekan
Man, the music scene in Nigeria, it never stops, does it? Drama is just cooked into the stew. Seun Kuti—yeah, Fela’s son, the one who carries that musical torch—he just let loose. And I mean let loose.
He’s mad. Properly steamed up about all these comparisons floating around between Wizkid and his late father, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Seun says it ain’t just wrong; it’s an outright insult. Ignorance, pure and simple, he says.
He did this whole Instagram livestream thing recently. And he looked right into the camera, or at least, at his followers. He had a message for “Wizkid FC.” You know those guys. The die-hard fans. They follow Wizkid everywhere.
Seun told them straight up: Keep Fela’s name outta your mouths. Seriously. Stop trying to say your guy is the new Fela. The shoes were too big, wasn’t they? When people like Seun—who can speak on the legacy—didn’t let them get away with that noise, they got uncomfortable. “It is actually an insult to compare Wizkid to Fela,” he dropped that bomb. Hard line.
He thinks these Wizkid fans, this FC crew, they just don’t respect nothin’. It ain’t even like they’re being rebellious rebels, you get me? If it was defiance, Seun said he could respect that hustle. But nah. It’s just ignorance backing their claims. No real knowledge of what Fela stood for.
And that’s the core issue, innit? Fela wasn’t just making sounds. He was the voice. Political. Social commentary on blast. Activism baked into every beat. It’s deep stuff.
Seun kept going, hitting out at how overzealous some fans get these days. It’s messing up the whole Nigerian music industry, he argued. People can’t even collaborate on tracks anymore because the fan rivalries are so thick. Imagine that! Artists scared to work together because some keyboard warrior is gonna start an online war. It’s childish.
He then went for the jugular, calling Wizkid FC “the most ignorant fanbase in the world.” Ouch. That’s gonna sting. He told them to just focus. Enjoy the music their own artist makes. Why can’t they just enjoy it?
Seun had a theory for that, too. He reckons if you need to constantly compare Wizkid to Fela, it means the music ain’t hitting the right spot inside you. “The music does not fill your spirit,” he claimed. You can pretend you love it, but spiritually? You’re running on empty. That’s a heavy critique of modern Afrobeats fans, ain’t it? It suggests surface-level appreciation over deep connection.
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, he’s the architect of Afrobeat. A giant. One of Africa’s biggest cultural and political shouters. His music was resistance. You don’t just replace that with a catchy hook. Seun Kuti is guarding that legacy fiercely. And honestly, maybe he’s got a point about the noise drowning out the substance. It’s messy out there. Reportersroom watched the whole thing unfold. Big controversy brewing.
