Why Fela Kuti's Rock Hall honor is long overdue, sons say

The late Femi Kuti may not seem like rock 'n' roll to some, but sons Femi and Seun Kuti -- the latter of whom still leads his late father's Egypt 80 band -- say the iconoclastic Nigerian musician and activist is well deserving of the Musical Influence award he'll be receiving Saturday in Los Angeles. They point to significant artistic achievement in addition to influence, maintaining that their father "ticked all the boxes of what we call a rock 'n' roll star."