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Paul McCartney on the time he "totally got blasted" on weed with Fela Kuti

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Paul McCartney has recalled the time that he “totally got blasted” on weed with Afrobeat icon Fela Kuti in 1973.

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Paul McCartney on the time he "totally got blasted" on weed with Fela Kuti

Paul McCartney has recalled the time that he “totally got blasted” on weed with Afrobeat icon Fela Kuti in 1973.

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Killed with Fela Kuti: Paul Mccarney's Wildest Drug Story

In 1973 in Lagos, Paul McCartney smoked with Fela Kuti – and became paranoid. Now he tells how Kuti's music saved him and what Bob Dylan had to do with it. In the podcast "Words + Music" Paul McCartney told about how he had kiffed with the Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti. The two met in Lagos, Nigeria in 1973, when the Beatles star recorded his album "Band on the Run". McCartney came into contact with Kuti at the time, after he had made a statement …

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NME broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Sunday, March 22, 2026.
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