Fela Kuti has become the first African artist to receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, a posthumous honor recognizing his lasting impact nearly three decades after his death.
The Nigerian musician and activist pioneered Afrobeat in the 1970s, creating a distinctive fusion of jazz, funk and African rhythms that later helped shape the globally successful Afrobeats genre.
Kuti’s influence continues to resonate across generations, with international stars sampling his work and contemporary African artists drawing on his legacy.
