Interesting story on Sahr Ngaujah, star of Fela! on Broadway, over at nymag. In somewhat related news – K’Naan just dropped the first installment of his Messengers mixtape series with J.Period, and it pays homage to Fela Kuti. Future installments will do the same for Bob Marley and Bob Dylan. Check out a track from the Fela installment below, and download the whole project here.

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J.Period & K’Naan – “Gentleman” (Messengers Remix)