He's the first African musician to get a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

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Musician Fela Kuti performs at Orchestra Hall in Detroit in 1986.

The late, great Fela Kuti is known as the "Black President" for his role as both a musical and a political leader. Now he has become the first African artist to get this Grammy honor.

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