Based on the life of Afro Beat musician Fela Kuti, the Broadway musical Fela! has taken theater culture by storm for the last six months. At last night’s Tony Awards, Rap stars Jay-Z and Will Smith were on hand with respective celebrity companions Beyonce and Jada Pinkett-Smith to support the work which the couples co-produced.
Fela! was nominated for 11 Tony’s, including “Best Musical” and “Best Leading Actor In A Musical.” The Tony Awards were handed to Fela! for “Best Costume Design,” “Best Sound Design” and “Best Choreography.”
The work was directed by Bill T. Jones and appeared at the Eugene O’Neil Theater.
Read HipHopDX’s review of Fela! here.
fuck jay z old ass nigga his hip hop career is dead…
Is there really a purpose to all of this fam? If you rap, or got something else going on, you should spend as much time doing that as you do writing on this web site…smh
And lets suppose his HipHop career is dead, he has about 10 other streams of income that will stick to his family for generations. What’s your financial situation like?
will smith needs to remake the fresh prince of bel air, then i might care about him
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Who here has heard of this Fela before? Anybody? Didn’t think so.
DAMN…R U LIVIN’ IN A BOX?
U SHOULD OPEN UR MIND…THERE IZ SOO MUCH MORE IN THIS WORLD.
I haven’t seen the musical but I have heard of him before and also have heard of his son who is carrying on his Father’s musical legacy. Your comment is proof of Chris Rocks statement: “If you want to hide something from a Nigga, put it in a book, because Nigga’s don’t read”.
Ignorant…
damn y’all some haters… congrats my black people. doing something different. very inspired by this.
CJROCKER before you come on here writing this foolishness, you should go look up fela kuti, then maybe you might understand why it was a big deal for Jay & Will to produce a broadway musical about the life of a controversial African man. Fela Kuti is one of the biggest african artist of all-time(singer, songwriter, musician, activist, MARTYR)……DONT JUST MAKE COMMENTS UNDERSTAND THE ARTICLE FIRST…..After reading this I hope you check Fela Kuti out, it may help you out some
On to the next one.
Why hate on the brothers, just because he started as a rapper it doesnt mean he has to die a rapper.
What about progress?
Read a book, before you make a comment next time.
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