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There’s a new category for African musicians at the Grammys. Here’s what you need to know about the nominees

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the first time, African music will have its own category at the Grammys. The Recording Academy will showcase three new ...
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Fela Kuti is the first African artist to enter the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

The late Nigerian superstar became the first African musician to get a Grammy lifetime achievement award.

Why Ghanaian singer King Promise and other African artists don’t want to be boxed into Afrobeats

While many African artists have been able to ride the wave of Afrobeats’ international popularity, musicians including Tyla and Burna Boy are now pushing for global recognition beyond the genre.
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He's the first African musician to get a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

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 ...
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African American musicians reflect on what is this thing called jazz?

Duke Ellington rejected it, Charles Mingus was ambivalent about it, and Wynton Marsalis is okay with it. For many African American musicians the word “jazz” is a double-edged term, sometimes ...
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There’s a new category for African musicians at the Grammys. Here’s what you need to know about the nominees

For the first time, African music will have its own category at the Grammys. The Recording Academy will showcase three new categories for this year’s awards, including “Best African Music Performance” ...
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There’s a new category for African musicians at the Grammys. Here’s what you need to know

For the first time, African music will have its own category at the Grammys. The Recording Academy will showcase three new categories for this year’s awards, including “Best African Music Performance” ...