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Legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen dies aged 79
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metro.co.ukPioneering Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen has died at the age of 79 in Paris. His manager confirmed the news overnight, adding the Nigerian-born musician’s death was not linked to Covid-19.
Speaking on the death of the star, Eric Trosset told AFP: ‘We don’t know the exact cause of death.’ Allen, who is credited as a co-founder of the Afrobeat genre, was the drummer and musical director of musician Fela Kuti’s famous band Africa ’70 in the 1960-70s.
Crediting the power of Allen, Kuti, who died in 1997, once said that ‘without Tony Allen, there would be no Afrobeat’. Tributes have flooded in across the music industry, with Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, a collaborator of Allen’s, sharing an image of the drummer to Instagram with a lengthy
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