Afrobeat star, Seun Kuti, has refuted the claims that late drummer, Tony Allen, co-created Afrobeat music with his father, Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.
The 37-year-old did so on Thursday on Instagram when he shared a video of musician, Lekan Animashaun, stating categorically that “Fela composed all his music.”
“When I heard the lies by journalists that Tony Allen co created Afrobeat, I had to call the only living witness to the creation of the music and I asked him a simple question, who composed all the parts of the music and here was the legendary Lekan Animashaun’s straight forward answer. Case closed…,” Seun wrote.
Lekan Animashaun, popularly known as the band leader of Fela’s Egypt 80 band.
The 80-year-old played the baritone sax.
Tony Allen died at the age of 79 of an aortic aneurysm in Paris, France on April 30.
Like mane celebrities, Seun Kuti paid tribute to him on Instagram.
He wrote, ”Waking up to the most disastrous news. First Uncle Manu now Uncle Tony…Uncle Tony was an enigma. A pure artist and fierce competitor (in his own way)! I love and miss u baba. Rest in peace.”
