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It's the Sound of Young America, I'm Jesse Thorn. My guest, Cheyoon Kutti, is the son of the legendary

Nigerian band leader, Phila Kutti. For the past few years, he's been leading his father's last band,

Egypt 80. He just recorded his first record of original songs with the band. Here's a track from

that album, Cheyoon Kutti, and Phila's Egypt 80 performing, Mosquito Song.

You want to be this mad ass chef? Mosquito, they bite me, yeah, like me, I sick for a body,

Mosquito, they bite me, they bite me, they bite me, I sick for a body, ah, they bite me for hands,

but me for legs, but me for yeah, every day of every week,

So I say make у na' it

To be

To be

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It's the sound of young America, I'm Jesse Thorne America's radio sweetheart, my guest.

Shayun Kuti is the son of the legendary Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Kuti.

Today he's leading Fela's last band, Egypt 80, in a tour of the United States and the world and they've just released a brand new record, Shayun's first.

Shayun, welcome to the Sound of Young America. It's a pleasure to have you.

Thank you very much. I'm happy to be here as well.

I'm excited to have you. So you're a very young man. In fact, you're younger than I. You're what, 25 years old.

Yeah.

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