November 24, (THEWILL) – Made Kuti, son of legendary afrobeat musician, Femi Kuti, and the grandson of the founder of the music genre, afrobeat, has reacted to his first Grammy Award nomination at the 64th edition of the ceremony.
THEWILL recalls that Made joins his father, and uncle, Seun Kuti, in the league of Grammy nominees. Fela Kuti, his father has been nominated for the award about five times and his uncle has received the nomination once.
Excited about the nomination with his debut album, Legacy +, a joint effort by the singer and his father, Made disclosed that years of practising has eventually paid off.
He said, “My mind is blown! A Grammy nomination from my debut album! All those years I spent practising all those instruments by myself to record an album, I would play every instrument by myself! Notating the music, recording it, editing it! Thank you to everyone that was involved.
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