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Nov. 05, 2013 10:00AM EST

Fela Kuti x Bob Marley 'M.O.P. Movement Of Da Peoples! [Afrologic Re-Con-Funksion]'

Listen to Afrologic's remix 'M.O.P. Movement of Da Peoples!" which features Bob Marley's classic track "Exodus" with Fela Kuti's "M.O.P."

Fela Kuti's "M.O.P. (Movement Of The People)" was the theme song at this year's Lagos Felabration which featured a performance from Julian Marley and his band, as well as Ky-Mani Marley. In this recently dropped remix, Lagos duo Afrologic pair the classic Fela track with Bob Marley's "Exodus," adding in some percussive accents and bounce. Stream and download "Movement Of Da Peoples! [Afrologic Re-Con-Funksion]" below.

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Burna Boy performs at the Warner Music Group pre-Grammy party in Hollywood on January 2020. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Warner Music)

Burna Boy, Tinariwen, Michael Kiwanuka & More Nominated For 2021 Grammy Awards

The Nigerian star and Tuareg band are nominated in the newly named Best Global Music Album category.

The nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards are in.

The awards show, which will be hosted by Trevor Noah, will see some of the world's biggest artists up for categories like Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best New Artist.

As we previously wrote about, the Grammys have renamed the international category of Best World Music Album to Best Global Music, in an effort to reportedly make it more modern and inclusive.

In that new Best Global Music Category, Nigerian afro-fusion star Burna Boy is nominated alongside Tuareg desert rock group Tinariwen, NYC afrobeat outfit Antibalas, Brazilian-American Bebel Gilberto and British-Indian sitar player Anoushka Shankar.

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