Femi Kuti Bags 4th Grammy Nomination

For the fourth
time in the space of 10 years Femi Kuti has been
nominated for the Grammy Awards.
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'.
Meanwhile, rapper Jay Z leads the list with nine
nominations including best rap album, Kendrick
Lamar, Macklemore n Ryan Lewis, Justin
Timberlake, and Pharrell Williams follow closely
with seven nods. Drake is up for five awards.

Sent From David Aniemeka