Fela was poor, struggled to feed his family – Femi Kuti

Grammy-nominated Afrobeat musician Femi Kuti has revealed that his late father, Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, was poor and, at some point, struggled to feed his family.

Femi explained that when Fela’s first hit song ‘Jeun Ko Ku’ was making waves, the family was in abject poverty despite the singer’s fame.

Speaking in a recent interview with Afropolitan, Femi said, “Fela was very poor. He couldn’t even afford food for us his kids. I mean, really really poor. Then we were living at No. 14A Agege Motor Road, this was all before Kalakuta.

“Every music story was…