Femi Kuti’s new management, Chocolate City Music has reacted
to Encomium Magazine’s Friday publication on their news site that Femi Kuti was
recently involved in a paternity scandal where it was revealed that two of his
children are actually not his, after a DNA test was carried out. Chocolate City
Music is stating it point blank here that, it actually happened 8years ago
against what the magazine published. They also asked news site to put down the
pictures of his children they used to demonstrate the illustration, stating it
could cause more harm than good for the innocent children. We never used their
pictures in the first place.
Find the official statement after the cut.
News published about Afro Beat Legend Femi Kuti that
surfaced on the internet on Friday about two of his five children not belonging
to him after taking a paternity test was not a recent occurrence but actually
happened over 8 years ago.
Encomium Magazine recently published an interview with Femi
Kuti 8 years ago where he spoke about his music, career and personal life.
During this interview he spoke on the identity of 5 of his children and then
revealed that two of these 5 children were not his and that he had since making
this discovery returned the children to their mother.
Reports labelling this story as recent are false, this old interview was simply rehearsed by some blogs and newspapers in a bid to steer up controversy and have something to sell, some blogs even went as far as publishing pictures of his legitimate children in a bid to pass them off as the affected children. Femi Kuti is a loving and responsible father who takes the privacy of his children very seriously and so we request that blogs, newspapers and magazines kindly take off the pictures from their platforms as this is an evasion of their privacy as well as a security risk for the children. Thank you for your cooperation.
Whoever started this, shld just spare this Icon this bad publicity
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