Angélique Kidjo becomes first African musician with Hollywood Walk of Fame star
As her illustrious career was immortalised in Los Angeles, Kidjo became emotional - wiping away tears. "At that moment, I'm like, dad, mum, I wish you were here with me to see [this]" the songstress explained to the BBC.
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- Fact 1: How they have nurtured my curiosity, my love for music." Kidjo - who has taken African sounds to global audiences, blending influences from home with funk, jazz and pop - grew up in Benin and then went to Paris aged 23, citing oppression from the country's then-communist government.
- Fact 2: Kidjo has released 18 albums in total and has been nominated for 17 Grammy awards, which she has won five times.
- Fact 3: She also won the 2023 Polar Music Prize, and two years earlier was named as one of Time's 100 Most Influential People.
- Fact 4: "Today I received the call of Chris Blackwell, the founder of Island Records, the producer of Bob Marley, the maker of U2 and so on and so forth." Kidjo explained how fundamental Blackwell, who signed her in the 1990s, had been to her success - launching her breakthrough album Logozo.
As her illustrious career was immortalised in Los Angeles, Kidjo became emotional - wiping away tears. "At that moment, I'm like, dad, mum, I wish you were here with me to see [this]" the songstress explained to the BBC.
"I couldn't take the emotion. They were not here to taste the fruit of what they've created. How they have nurtured my curiosity, my love for music." Kidjo - who has taken African sounds to global audiences, blending influences from home with funk, jazz and pop - grew up in Benin and then went to Paris aged 23, citing oppression from the country's then-communist government.
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Original source: BBC News World
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