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2008"><img alt="Kuti performing on 10 November 2008" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Femi-Kuti.jpg/220px-Femi-Kuti.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="328" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Femi-Kuti.jpg/330px-Femi-Kuti.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Femi-Kuti.jpg/440px-Femi-Kuti.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2596" data-file-height="3876" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Kuti performing on 10 November 2008</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Olufela Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1962-06-16</span>) </span>16 June 1962<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 62)</span><sup id="cite_ref-official_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lagos_State" title="Lagos State">Lagos State</a>, Nigeria</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Afrobeat" title="Afrobeat">Afrobeat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Funk" title="Funk">Funk</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Singer-songwriter, musician</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument(s)</th><td class="infobox-data note">Saxophone, vocals, trumpet, keyboards</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1978–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/BMG_Rights_Management" title="BMG Rights Management">BMG</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.femikuti.com">www<wbr />.femikuti<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FemiKuti20110925A.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/FemiKuti20110925A.jpg/220px-FemiKuti20110925A.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/FemiKuti20110925A.jpg/330px-FemiKuti20110925A.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/FemiKuti20110925A.jpg/440px-FemiKuti20110925A.jpg 2x" data-file-width="666" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>Performance at Warszawa Cross Culture Festival – 25 September 2011</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Olufela Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti</b> (born 16 June 1962), popularly known as <b>Femi Kuti</b>, is a Nigerian musician born in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> and raised in <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a>. He is the eldest son of <a href="/wiki/Afrobeat" title="Afrobeat">Afrobeat</a> pioneer <a href="/wiki/Fela_Kuti" title="Fela Kuti">Fela Kuti</a> and a grandchild of political campaigner, <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_rights" title="Women's rights">women's rights activist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Chieftaincy" title="Nigerian Chieftaincy">traditional aristocrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Funmilayo_Ransome-Kuti" title="Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti">Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti</a>. </p><p>Femi Kuti began his musical career playing in his father's band, <a href="/wiki/Egypt_80" class="mw-redirect" title="Egypt 80">Egypt 80</a>. In 1986, Femi started his own band, Positive Force, establishing himself as an artist independent of his father's legacy. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Femi_Kuti&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Femi Anikulapo Kuti was born in London to <a href="/wiki/Fela_Kuti" title="Fela Kuti">Fela</a> and Remilekun (Remi) Ransome-Kuti (née Taylor; 1941-2000), and grew up in the former Nigerian capital, <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a>. His mother soon left his father, taking Femi to live with her. In 1977, however, Femi chose to move in with his father. Femi started playing the saxophone at the age of 15 and eventually became a member of his father's band.<sup id="cite_ref-official_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He studied at <a href="/wiki/Baptist_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist Academy">Baptist Academy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Igbobi_College" title="Igbobi College">Igbobi College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Like his father, Femi has made commitments to social and political causes throughout his career.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Femi's grandmother, <a href="/wiki/Funmilayo_Ransome-Kuti" title="Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti">Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti</a>, was a political campaigner and women's rights activist.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though Femi is the son of an international icon, he considers his mother, Remilekun Taylor, to be his greatest influence.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He created his own band, Positive Force, in the late 1980s with <a href="/wiki/Dele_Sosimi" title="Dele Sosimi">Dele Sosimi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gbedu" title="Gbedu">Gbedu</a> Resurrection), former keyboard player of Fela Anikulapo Kuti. His international career began in 1988 when he was invited by the French Cultural Centre in Lagos and <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Mousset" class="extiw" title="fr:Christian Mousset">Christian Mousset</a> to perform at the <a href="/wiki/Festival_d%27Angoul%C3%AAme" class="mw-redirect" title="Festival d'Angoulême">Festival d'Angoulême</a> (France), the <a href="/wiki/New_Morning_(club)" title="New Morning (club)">New Morning Club</a> in Paris and the <a href="/wiki/Moers_Festival" title="Moers Festival">Moers Festival</a> in Germany. In 2000, Kuti joined in a duet on the track "Ala Jalkoum" on the <a href="/wiki/Rachid_Taha" title="Rachid Taha">Rachid Taha</a> album <i><a href="/wiki/Made_in_Medina" title="Made in Medina">Made in Medina</a></i>. </p><p>In 2001, Femi collaborated on his album <i>Fight to Win</i> with a number of US musicians, including <a href="/wiki/Common_(rapper)" title="Common (rapper)">Common</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mos_Def" class="mw-redirect" title="Mos Def">Mos Def</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jaguar_Wright" title="Jaguar Wright">Jaguar Wright</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also in 2002, Femi contributed a remake of his father's classic song "Water No Get Enemy" to <i><a href="/wiki/Red_Hot_%26_Riot" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Hot & Riot">Red Hot & Riot</a></i>, a compilation CD in tribute to Fela Kuti that was released by the <a href="/wiki/Red_Hot_Organization" title="Red Hot Organization">Red Hot Organization</a> and <a href="/wiki/MCA_Inc." title="MCA Inc.">MCA</a>. Femi's track was created in collaboration with hip-hop and R&B artists <a href="/wiki/D%27Angelo" title="D'Angelo">D'Angelo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macy_Gray" title="Macy Gray">Macy Gray</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Soultronics" title="The Soultronics">The Soultronics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nile_Rodgers" title="Nile Rodgers">Nile Rodgers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roy_Hargrove" title="Roy Hargrove">Roy Hargrove</a>, and all proceeds from the CD were donated to charities dedicated to raising AIDS awareness or fighting the disease. </p><p>Femi Kuti's voice is featured in the videogame <i><a href="/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_IV" title="Grand Theft Auto IV">Grand Theft Auto IV</a></i>, where he is the host of radio station IF 99 (International Funk 99, described as "playing a great selection of classics from West Africa, the US and elsewhere").<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1096940132">.mw-parser-output .listen .side-box-text{line-height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .listen-plain{border:none;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded{width:100%;margin:0;border-width:1px 0 0 0;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-header{padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded .listen-header{padding:2px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen-file-header{padding:4px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen .description{padding-top:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen .mw-tmh-player{max-width:100%}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right listen noprint"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Gnome-mime-audio-openclipart.svg/50px-Gnome-mime-audio-openclipart.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Gnome-mime-audio-openclipart.svg/75px-Gnome-mime-audio-openclipart.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Gnome-mime-audio-openclipart.svg/100px-Gnome-mime-audio-openclipart.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:FemiKutiSorrySorry(OldScho.ogg" title="File:FemiKutiSorrySorry(OldScho.ogg">"Sorry Sorry"</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="31" data-mwtitle="FemiKutiSorrySorry(OldScho.ogg" data-mwprovider="local"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d4/FemiKutiSorrySorry%28OldScho.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/transcoded/d/d4/FemiKutiSorrySorry%28OldScho.ogg/FemiKutiSorrySorry%28OldScho.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">30-second sample</div></div></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><hr /><i class="selfreference">Problems playing this file? See <a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">media help</a>.</i></div> </div> <p>In similar fashion as his father, there have been complaints of Kuti's criticism of his homeland Nigeria, specifically in the song "Sorry Sorry",<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> along with "What Will Tomorrow Bring" and "97". </p><p>Femi has been nominated for a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy award">Grammy award</a> four times in the <a href="/wiki/World_music" title="World music">world music</a> category in 2003, 2010, 2012 and 2013 but has never won.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 19 December 2014 a management deal between <a href="/wiki/Chocolate_City_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Chocolate City Music">Chocolate City Music</a> Group and Femi Kuti was reached. The news was announced via the <a href="/wiki/Chocolate_City_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Chocolate City Music">Chocolate City Music</a> official Instagram account, as well as <a href="/wiki/Audu_Maikori" title="Audu Maikori">Audu Maikori</a> social media accounts.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 5 February 2021, Femi Kuti and his son, <a href="/wiki/Made_Kuti" title="Made Kuti">Made Kuti</a>, released their two-album project, <i>Legacy+</i> under Partisan Records. The project includes Femi's eleventh album <i>Stop the Hate</i> and Made's debut album <i>For(e)ward</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Activism">Activism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Femi_Kuti&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Activism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Femi, the son of <a href="/wiki/African_popular_music" title="African popular music">Afrobeat</a> singer and political activist <a href="/wiki/Fela_Kuti" title="Fela Kuti">Fela Kuti</a>, inherited his father's zeal for both music and activism. He started playing the saxophone and keyboard with his father's band when he was 16 and stepped into the spotlight, writing and singing after his father's demise. Femi remains politically inclined grooving to high energy funk, jazz and traditional African-fueled songs about political corruption, poverty and primitive living conditions suffered by most inhabitants in Nigeria's oil-rich nation.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Femi Kuti's album <i><a href="/wiki/Africa_for_Africa" title="Africa for Africa">Africa for Africa</a></i> emphasized "Bad Government" as a problem in Africa. Before the 2011 elections in Nigeria, he reached out to the people that there was "no difference between the three candidates contesting for the presidential seat in Nigeria". He added, "we could say we're moving in the democratic process. And it's probably better than going to war, but corruption is still very rampant. The people are hungry and sick. And the government controls the media, so it can't be critical". </p><p>Kuti also said: "It's a very hypocritical situation. People settle for putting a meal on the table, but they don't know that the rest of the world doesn't suffer every day from power outages and water shortage. Nigerians don't even know about the history of African slavery, because it's not included in the text books." He echoed the same sentiments in the 2015 elections by releasing a remix to the song "Politics Na Big Business" featuring <a href="/wiki/2face_Idibia" class="mw-redirect" title="2face Idibia">Tuface Idiibia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sound_Sultan" title="Sound Sultan">Sound Sultan</a> through his management company, <a href="/wiki/Chocolate_City_(music_label)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chocolate City (music label)">Chocolate City</a>. </p><p>Kuti's song "Make We Remember" calls on people to remember the words of his father and "great <a href="/wiki/Black_people" title="Black people">black people</a>", who fought for the emancipation of Africa. For a very long time, Femi has been using music to inspire, change and motivate African people. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Live_performances">Live performances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Femi_Kuti&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Live performances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 22 November 2014, Femi Kuti performed at the BMO event, where he shared the same stage with his new label mate <a href="/wiki/M.I_Abaga" title="M.I Abaga">M.I</a> (Jude Abaga).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Femi_Kuti_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Femi_Kuti_2.jpg/220px-Femi_Kuti_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Femi_Kuti_2.jpg/330px-Femi_Kuti_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Femi_Kuti_2.jpg/440px-Femi_Kuti_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="533" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Kuti performing in London</figcaption></figure> <p>On 24 April 2015, he performed in the 2 Kings concert alongside his brother <a href="/wiki/Seun_Kuti" title="Seun Kuti">Seun Kuti</a>. The concert is significant as it is the first concert that the brothers have performed together.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 15 May 2017 Femi Anikulapo Kuti was referred to in the <a href="/wiki/Guinness_World_Records" title="Guinness World Records">Guinness world records</a> under the catalog of a single note held on a sax in a method called <a href="/wiki/Circular_breathing" title="Circular breathing">circular breathing</a>. He set the records at 51 min 35 seconds.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Femi_Kuti&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Albums">Albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Femi_Kuti&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>No Cause for Alarm?</i> (1989, Polygram)</li> <li><i>M.Y.O.B</i> (1991, Kalakuta Records)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Femi_Kuti_(album)" title="Femi Kuti (album)">Femi Kuti</a></i> (1995, Tabu/<a href="/wiki/Motown_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Motown Records">Motown</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shoki_Shoki" title="Shoki Shoki">Shoki Shoki</a></i> (1998, Barclay/Polygram/Fontana MCA)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fight_to_Win_(album)" title="Fight to Win (album)">Fight to Win</a></i> (2001, Barclay/Polygram/Fontana MCA/Wraase)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Day_by_Day_(Femi_Kuti_album)" title="Day by Day (Femi Kuti album)">Day by Day</a></i> (2008, <a href="/wiki/Wrasse_Records" title="Wrasse Records">Wrasse Records</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Africa_for_Africa" title="Africa for Africa">Africa for Africa</a></i> (2010 /2011, Wrasse Records/<a href="/wiki/Knitting_Factory_Records" title="Knitting Factory Records">Knitting Factory Records</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/No_Place_for_My_Dream" title="No Place for My Dream">No Place for My Dream</a></i> (2013, Knitting Factory Records)</li> <li><i>One People One World</i> (2018, Knitting Factory Records)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Legacy%2B" title="Legacy+">Stop the Hate</a></i> (2021, Partisan Records)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Live_albums">Live albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Femi_Kuti&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Live albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Africa Shrine (Live CD)</i> (2004, P-Vine)</li> <li><i>Live at the Shrine (Deluxe Edition DVD) + Africa Shrine (Live CD)</i> (2005, Palm Pictures/Umvd)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tours">Tours</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Femi_Kuti&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Tours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Le Cabaret Suavage Black Summer Festival, Paris</i> (Afrobeat concert, 2015)</li> <li><i>Garforth Festival Garforth, Leeds</i> (2015)</li> <li><i>The Lantern Bristol, UK</i> 2015</li> <li><i>Band on the Wall</i> <i>Manchester, UK</i>, 2015</li> <li><i>Latitude Festival</i> <i>Suffolk UK</i>, 2015</li> <li><i>Larmer Tree Festival</i> <i>Salisbury UK 2015</i></li> <li><i>Walthamstow Garden Party, London, Lloyd Park</i> 2015<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Collections">Collections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Femi_Kuti&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Collections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Best of Femi Kuti</i> (2004, Umvd/Wrasse)</li> <li><i>Femi Kuti The Definitive Collection</i> (2007, Wrasse Records)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Appearances">Appearances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Femi_Kuti&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"Vampires" (on the album <i><a href="/wiki/Radio_Retaliation" title="Radio Retaliation">Radio Retaliation</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Thievery_Corporation" title="Thievery Corporation">Thievery Corporation</a>) (2008, <a href="/wiki/ESL_Music" title="ESL Music">ESL Music</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hope_for_the_Hopeless_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hope for the Hopeless (album)">Hope for the Hopeless</a></i> (2008) collaboration with Brett Dennen</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Finding_Fela" title="Finding Fela">Finding Fela</a></i> (2014) a documentary film directed by <a href="/wiki/Alex_Gibney" title="Alex Gibney">Alex Gibney</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Arabesque_(Coldplay_song)" title="Arabesque (Coldplay song)">Arabesque</a>" (on the album <i><a href="/wiki/Everyday_Life_(Coldplay_album)" title="Everyday Life (Coldplay album)">Everyday Life</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Coldplay" title="Coldplay">Coldplay</a>) (2019)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Compilations">Compilations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Femi_Kuti&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Compilations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_IV_soundtrack#IF99_.E2.80.93_International_Funk" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack">Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack</a></i> (2008, IF99)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Femi_Kuti&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>No Cause For Alarm?</i> (1989, <a href="/wiki/Polygram_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Polygram Records">Polygram</a>)</li> <li><i>M.Y.O.B.</i> (1991, Meodie)</li> <li>"Ala Jalkoum" (on the album <i><a href="/wiki/Rachid_Taha_Live" title="Rachid Taha Live">Rachid Taha Live</a></i>) (2001, <a href="/wiki/Mondo_Melodia" title="Mondo Melodia">Mondo Melodia</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honours">Awards and honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Femi_Kuti&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Awards and honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2022, Kuti has been nominated for six <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Awards</a> in multiple categories. He was nominated four times (in 2002, 2009, 2011, and 2013) in the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_World_Music_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award for Best World Music Album">Best World Music Album</a> category.<sup id="cite_ref-grammy_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grammy-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the <a href="/wiki/64th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="64th Annual Grammy Awards">2022 Grammy Awards</a>, Femi and his son Made were nominated for <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Global_Music_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album">Best Global Music Album</a> and Femi was nominated for <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Global_Music_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Global Music Performance">Best Global Music Performance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 20, 2022, Kuti was awarded as a <a href="/wiki/Ordre_des_Arts_et_des_Lettres" title="Ordre des Arts et des Lettres">Chevalier des arts et des lettres</a> (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) by the <a href="/wiki/French_Ministry_of_Culture" class="mw-redirect" title="French Ministry of Culture">French Ministry of Culture</a> in Paris. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Videography">Videography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Femi_Kuti&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Videography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output 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