Video: Seun Kuti Out Da Box Interview

June 28, 2012 - 12:22 p.m.

Out Da Box linked up with Seun Kuti for an in-depth talk during his recent stay in NYC promoting From Africa With Fury: Rise. In the clip, Seun addresses the downfalls of comparisons to his father during his teenage years, speaks brightly on Occupy Nigeria, rips hip-hop a new one (again) and asserts his mission to "change the world positively through music." Watch above.

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