Ace Nigerian singer, Innocent Idibia, popularly is neatly-known as 2Face or 2Baba, has opined that the continued comparison of singer Wizkid with the unhurried Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, is disrespectful.

Twinny News remembers that Wizkid no longer too prolonged within the past sparked outrage after claiming he’s “bigger” than Fela in line alongside with his son, Seun Kuti’s, criticisms of him and his followers.

Reacting in a snippet of the upcoming episode of the Mic On podcast, 2Face described the comparison as ridiculous, emphasising that it is a long way each and every disrespectful to Fela’s legacy and unfair to Wizkid’s profession.

The African Queen crooner defined that placing Fela and Wizkid facet by facet ignores their various eras, impacts, and distinctive contributions to Nigerian tune.

He stated, “Evaluating Fela with Wizkid is ridiculous. Other than the real fact that it is a long way disrespectful to Fela, and on the identical time, it is a long way additionally unfair to Wizkid.”

Meanwhile, Nigerian media persona, Yeni Kuti, has berated Nigerian singers who review themselves to her father, Fela.

Yeni, who spoke in an interview with Come up TV after joining various kin to receive Fela’s Lifetime Fulfillment Award on the 2026 Grammys, stated that Fela’s persevered relevance 29 years after his death speaks for itself.

According to Yeni, debates and comparisons with Fela wander away out the point of legacy.

She entreated contemporary artists to admire Fela’s legacy and prevent attempting to diminish his achievements by comparing themselves with a slow man.

Yeni Kuti added that contemporary singers may maybe perhaps well presumably composed review themselves with their colleagues, no longer Fela.