Made Kuti

Later, he trained at London’s Trinity Laban Conservatoire, where Fela once studied, mastering up to six instruments including saxophone, trumpet, bass, guitar, and Piano. In 2021, Mádé released his debut album For(e)ward, a modern Afrobeat manifesto addressing issues like corruption, inequality, and police brutality. The album was packaged with his father’s Stop the Hate under the joint title Legacy+, earning the pair a Grammy nomination for Best Global Music Album in 2022. On For(e)ward, Mádé played every instrument himself. He formed his band, The Movement, that same year and headlined his first solo show at The Shrine on April 4, 2021. In 2024 he performed at Tanzania’s Sauti Za Busara Festival. Following the release of singles like "Stand Tall and No More Wars", Kuti returned in 2025 with "I Won't Run Away" and "Life As We Know", the first two offerings from his upcoming studio album, Where Does Happiness Come From?, released in July.

• Name — Made Kuti • Birth Name — Omorinmade Anikulapo-Kuti • Born — 26 September 1995 • Education — Trinity Laban Conservatoire • Occupation — * Singer • songwriter • multi-instrumentalist • composer • arranger • Father — Femi Kuti • Mother — Funke Kuti • Relatives — * Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (great-grandmother) • Fela Kuti (grandfather) • Seun Kuti (uncle) • Yeni Kuti (aunt) • Family — Ransome-Kuti Family

Made Kuti was born to Femi and Funke Kuti on 26 September 1995. He was raised in the New Afrika Shrine. He learned to play multiple musical instruments including the trumpet, alto, sax, piano and drums in his childhood and started playing the trumpet at age 3. After studying music at Uxbridge College, Hayes Campus, he attended Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London which was Fela Kuti's alma mater.

Made Kuti started out his musical career in childhood as he played the bass and saxophone with his fathers band, Positive Force. He started touring with the band at the age of 8. He released his debut single titled "Free Your Mind" in October 2020. His debut album was titled For(e)ward which was released solo and as part of a double record titled Legacy+ alongside his father, Femi Kuti. The album was produced by Sodi Marciszewer who had worked with Fela Kuti in the past and was released under Partisan Records. Femi Kuti's Stop the Hate occupies the first 10 tracks of the album while Made Kuti's For(e)ward occupies the last 8 tracks. The cover art is a portrait of Femi Kuti and Made Kuti by Delphine Desane. The album was rated 7.7/10 by a Pulse Nigeria reviewer. His music is described as a blend of jazz, highlife, rock, and reggae. Made Kuti held an event titled "An evening with Made Kuti" at the Terra Kulture Arena in Lagos where he unveiled his band named The Movement. He is the son of Nigerian afrobeat musician, Femi Kuti and grandson of afrobeat pioneer, Fela Kuti.

On 1 November 2023, Made and Inedoye Adanne Onyenso (now addressed as. Inedoye Adanne Anikulapo-Kuti) married in Lagos, Nigeria in a private ceremony held in Ikeja.

• Year — Title — Album • 2020 — "Free Your Mind" — For(e)ward • "Your Enemy" • 2022 — Stand Tall — Single Release • 2022 — No More Wars — Single Release • 2025 — I Won't Run Away — Chapter 1: Where Does Happiness Come From? • 2025 — Life As We Know It • 2025 — You Can't Hide

2021 - For(e)ward 2025- Chapter 1: Where Does Happiness Come From?

He also worked under the name Made Kuti. The authorities additionally record the headings Omorinmade Kuti and Omorinmade Anikulapo Kuti. His recorded languages were English and Nigerian Pidgin. He was the child of Femi Kuti. Other recorded relations include Fela Kuti.