When the Afrobeat sensation first saw Lemi Ghariokwu’s work, he said, ‘Wow!’ Then he plied him with marijuana and asked him to design his album sleeves. The artist recalls their extraordinary ...

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*During the 1990s, while serving as a resident artist at West Africa Magazine in London, I was approached by an individual from Italy seeking to contact renowned Nigerian Afro Pop artist, Ghariokwu ...

The late Afrobeat pioneer and political activist is recognized decades after his death for reshaping global music and using sound as a tool of resistance. Fela Kuti, the Nigerian musician whose sound ...

Legendary Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, is set to be posthumously honoured with a Special Merit Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2026 Grammy Awards. The Recording Academy recognised Fela as ...

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 an ...

Every year, the Recording Academy hands out a handful of Lifetime Achievement Grammys. Some of the recipients are alive to get the award, and some are not. The Academy has unveiled the list of next ...

Fela Kuti, Whitney Houston, and Paul Simon are among those set to receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 2026 Grammys, the Recording Academy announced today. Cher, Carlos Santana, and Chaka Khan ...

The Recording Academy has announced the 2026 recipients of its Lifetime Achievement Award. The prestigious award will be granted to six artists during the Special Merit Awards Ceremony at Los Angeles’ ...

Contrary to speculation, the podcast industry is alive and brimming with thought-provoking content, as proven by this year’s new and returning releases. Here are some of the best entries of 2025, ...

On a warm Thursday at the New Afrika Shrine, Gabriel Olaniran waits for the band. He has been coming since 2021 to watch Femi Kuti, but knows little about Femi’s father, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, the “king ...