On December 19, the first African musician ever awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award was announced.
The honor goes to Fela Kuti, the Afrobeat pioneer and activist who died in 1997. He joins a… [+6010 chars]
He's the first African musician to get a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award : Goats and Soda - NPR
The late, great Fela Kuti is known as the "Black President" for his role as both a musical and a political leader. Now he has become the first African artist to get this Grammy honor.
By:Ian Brennan
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