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October 15th is a very special day. That is the day when Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti was born and had he lived he would have turned 71 years old this year--and would no doubt still be rocking the stage....
Butta | 10/13/2009 at 10:00 PM | Leave a Comment | Permalink
Could Beyoncé's boring new video have found inspiration from Heidi Montag and Paris Hilton? [BWE]Fela! the musical is headed to Broadway this fall. [VARIETY]Somewhere there's a thug crying over T-Pain and Taylor Swift collaborating on this video. [YT]Kanye West...
ill Mami | 06/17/2009 at 10:00 AM | Leave a Comment | Permalink
Afrobeat has certainly come a long way into making it into mainstream consciousness. After the death of his father Fela Kuti, whose life has been explored beautifully and to rave reviews in the musical Fela!, Afrobeat as a genre seemed...
ill Mami | 11/19/2008 at 11:00 AM | Comments (2) | Permalink
Jay-Z is rumored to be seriously feeling musical Fela! [NYP]His "Dangerously In Love" wife Beyoncé may be seriously dangerous to your computer. [EW]Gentrification has claimed the birthplace of Hip Hop, 1520 Sedgewick Ave, in the Boogie Down Bronx. [HHDX]Lisa...
ill Mami | 09/29/2008 at 10:00 AM | Comments (2) | Permalink
After successful Broadway runs of musicals influenced by the music from pop artists such as Billy Joel, ABBA, and Bob Dylan, and the recent recognition of hip hop by this year's Tony Awards, what else is left? Sure, The Color...
ill Mami | 08/05/2008 at 12:00 PM | Comments (4) | Permalink
One month shy of the one-year-anniversary of the Godfather of Soul's passing will be a conference at Princeton University discussing the cultural impact that James Brown had on music. "Aint That A Groove: The Legacy of James Brown" will...
ill Mami | 11/26/2007 at 1:00 PM | Permalink
