ZURI Marley, a grandchild to Reggae music legend, Bob Marley has picked Afrobeat pioneer, Olufela Oludotun Ransome Kuti better known as Fela Anikulapo Kuti, and Grammy award winner, Damini Ogulu professionally known as Burna Boy as the two Nigerian music icons she would have loved her grandfather to collaborate with.
The younger Marley made this known in an interview on the red carpet of the launch of Bob Marley’s new movie One Love, when asked which artist she would have wanted her grandfather to collaborate with, she said Burna Boy and Fela Kuti.
Zuri’s choice wouldn’t come as a surprise to many listeners as both the late Afrobeat icon Fela Kuti and Burna Boy are two artistes whose music has achieved remarkable global recognition.
Like Bob Marley, Fela used his music as a weapon against the prevalent social and cultural injustice in Nigeria which continuously placed him at odds against successive military governments.
As a megastar, Burna Boy is one of the biggest artistes from Africa whose music has traveled all around the world where he’s sold out record shows and won multiple awards. Unlike Bob Marley and Fela Kuti as activists, Burna Boy has also made music that highlights the prevalent corruption and injustice in Nigeria.
Bob Marley’s estate in collaboration with Universal Music recently released the movie One Love about the life of the Reggae icon. Also released alongside the album was an EP of covers of different Bob Marley songs on which Nigerian musicians Wizkid and Bloody Civilian both featured.
