Adekunle was a major innovator and force in the jùjú music scene, with his distinctive driving Afrobeat style.
Famous musicians such as Sir Shina Peters and Segun Adewale started their careers playing with his band, the Western Brothers.
[3] Afrobeat, pioneered in the late 1960s by Fela Kuti and others, was another major influence on Prince Adekunle and his band the Western State Brothers, later the Supersonic Sounds.
[5] Afrobeat also influenced Adekunle's protégé Sir Shina Peters who created a unique high-speed "Afro juju" sound.
[7] Jùjú music star and Soko dance exponent, Dayo Kujore, was another musician who owed much to Prince Adekunle, playing lead guitar on some of his classics such as "Aditu ede" and "Eda n reti eleya".