African artists flew into Los Angeles to start celebrations days prior to what would be the continent’s most significant night, yet, at the Grammys. South Africa’s Trevor Noah was hosting for the fourth time in a row, Nigeria’s Burna Boy was going to perform on stage, the first for an Afrobeats artist, and Tyla, Ayra Starr, Davido, Musa Keys, Asake, Olamide (and Burna), were nominated for the first-ever Best African Music Performance Award at the show.
The weekend festivities started with the Black Music Collective event on February 1,…
