Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the pioneer of Afrobeat, built an international legacy long before The Recording Academy acknowledged it ...

Fela Kuti, the Nigerian musician whose sound and politics reshaped modern African music, has been named the first African ...

Fela Kuti, Whitney Houston, and Chaka Khan will receive 2026 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards. Learn more about their ...

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Fela Kuti, Whitney Houston, and Paul Simon are among those set to receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 2026 Grammys, ...

The Recording Academy announced the recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award ahead of the Special Merits Awards 2026.

In the cramped, unforgiving space of an Ikoyi prison cell, a legend was forged – not just the story of Fela Kuti, but the story of ...

Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2026 Grammys alongside Whitney Houston, ...

Fela was a legend with his Koola Lobitos Band. Fela embraced a massive sound. His band often swelled to more than 30 members (including backup singers and dancers) and featured two bass guitars and ...

Kuti, will be posthumously honoured with a Special Merit Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2026 Grammy Awards.

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.

In the late 1960s, Fela decided that he had no use for love songs or party tunes; he wanted to challenge unjust authority. By Jon Pareles Resistance is etched into Afrobeat, the music forged by the ...