Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu on Sunday paid tribute to Afrobeat king Fela Kuti after his posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys, the first African artist to be honoured this way.

From Lagos, Nigeria, to the global stage, Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat music challenged power and reshaped sound. The Grammys paid tribute with a Lifetime Achievement Award, now his son Femi Kuti and industry ...

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu pays tribute to Fela Kuti following his posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys, celebrating his impact on global music and Afrobeat's revolutionary legacy ...

Nigeria's President Pays Tribute To Fela Kuti After Award . Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu on Sunday paid tribute to ...

Nigeria's Afrobeat king Fela Kuti will this weekend be posthumously recognised by the Grammys with a Lifetime Achievement ...

Chaka Khan, Cher, Carlos Santana, Paul Simon, Fela Kuti, and Whitney Houston have received the Lifetime Achievement Award ...

Award for late Afrobeat pioneer and political radical is the ‘anti-establishment being recognised by the establishment’.

Fela Kuti has become the first African to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy at the Grammys Special Merit Awards.

*To commence Black History Month 2026 in the United States, it is fitting to celebrate the enduring legacy of Fela Kuti, a pioneering figure in global Afrobeat whose roots trace back to Lagos, Nigeria ...