Femi Kuti was born Olufela Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti on June 12, 1962 in London. He is the eldest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, and grandchild of traditional Nigerian aristocrat, political and women’s rights activist Funmilayo Ransome Kuti. He grew up in Lagos, Nigeria, where at age 15 he started playing saxophone in his father’s band, Egypt 80.In 1986 Femi formed his own band, The Positive Force, with his sisters Yeni and Sola as the lead dancers, where he began establishing himself as an artist independent of his father’s massive legacy. The band’s first show was at the University of Lagos in that same year.
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Femi Kuti was born Olufela Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti on June 12, 1962 in London. He is the eldest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, and grandchild of traditional Nigerian aristocrat, political and women’s rights activist Funmilayo Ransome Kuti. He grew up in Lagos, Nigeria, where at age 15 he started playing saxophone in his father’s band, Egypt 80.In 1986 Femi formed his own band, The Positive Force, with his sisters Yeni and Sola as the lead dancers, where he began establishing himself as an artist independent of his father’s massive legacy. The band’s first show was at the University of Lagos in that same year.
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