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Oct. 25, 2012 10:08PM EST

Video: Yasiin Bey x Fela Kuti 'Water No Get Enemy / New World Water'

Yasiin Bey jumped on stage at a Hypnotic Brass Ensemble show to sing parts of Kuti and the Africa ’70‘s Expensive Shit B-side.

Half-a-Blackstar Yasiin Bey jumped on stage at a Hypnotic Brass Ensemble show in commemoration of what would've been Fela Kuti's 74th birthday last October 15. Yasiin sang parts of Kuti and the Africa '70's Expensive Shit B-side (if you can even call it a B-side) "Water No Get Enemy" then went into some bars of his own from "New World Water." Watch Jamaar J's footage of the show below, filmed at The Shrine Chicago.

[H/T Jusiilove]

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