Legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is set to make history as the first African artist to receive a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, nearly three decades after his death.
The Recording Academy announced that the iconic musician Fela Kuti, widely celebrated as the “King of Afrobeat,” will be honoured at the 2026 Grammy Awards.
The recognition marks a symbolic reconciliation between Fela’s revolutionary sound and the global music establishment he openly criticised throughout his lifetime.
The Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented during the Special Merit Awards Ceremony scheduled for Saturday, January 31,2026, at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles.
The event will take place one day ahead of the main 68th Grammy Awards ceremony.
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