Award winning Nigerian artist, and son of the legendary Fela Kuti, provides the tunes and the talk for a radio station in the brand new Grand Theft Auto game.

Award winning Nigerian artist, and son of the legendary Fela Kuti, provides the tunes and the talk for a radio station in the brand new Grand Theft Auto game.

GTA IV is the newest game in the very controversial video game series, arriving on consoles in about a months time. In case you're unfamiliar with the series, its a free roaming kind of game, where you're free to run around various locations, in this case a fictional New York City called Liberty City, shooting, driving, picking up hookers or delivering pizzas. One of the most popular elements of the games have been the brilliant soundtracks, from the 80s haven of Vice City to the early 90s hip hop vibe in San Andreas. In the game, the soundtracks take the form of fake radio stations, each with their own personality and DJ.

Femi Kuti has given his voice and experience to creating one of these in-game radio stations, in the new GTA IV, this one called "IF99". It's described as the "home of international funk - playing a great selection of classics from West Africa, the US and elsewhere". There looks to be 18 stations in all, but the only ones shown to the public in an update to the official website today were IF99 and a Eastern European pop music static called "Vladivostok FM" (the main character you play in the game is an Eastern European called Niko Bellic). You can check out some samples of these stations in the official widget below, IF99 is certainly sounding great so far!