AFRO beat singer, Femi Kuti has again been nominated for the Grammy
Awards for the fourth time.
The Nigerian Afrobeat singer and saxophonist has been nominated in the World
Music category for his 2013 “No Place For My Dream” album released under
Knitting Factory Records.
Others in the category include: French group Gipsy Kings, SA male choral
group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Indian musician, Ravi Shankar.
In 2003, Kuti picked up his first Grammy Award nomination, but lost out to
Panamanian salsa singer Rubén Blades. He similarly lost in 2010 when he was
nominated in the same category. US banjo player Bela Fleck walked away
with the award.
In 2011, Kuti once again lost the award to Malian band Tinariwen for the
album Tassili.
Femi Kuti has been swarmed with congratulatory messages on Twitter where he
supposedly received the news. “Really haven’t heard. Thanks,” he wrote
while replying a congratulatory tweet.
Kuti has however grown less optimistic about getting a Grammy Award.
In 2011, Femi Kuti deliberately skipped out on attending the awards show
stating that he “didn’t want to raise his hopes high.”