The biggest annual music award, The Grammys in its
57thedition, went down on Sunday, February 9, at the
Staples Center in Los Angeles, California and guess
what a Nigerian went home with an award.
Yes you heard right! A Nigerian won for the first time!
Nigerian, Kelvin Olusola, went home with the award
for Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or Acapella.
Kelvin picked up an award alongside his acapella
band, Pentatonix taking home the award in the
‘Arrangement, Instrumental or acappella’ category for
their medley ‘Daft Punk’, a remake of Daft Punk’s “Get
Lucky.
Here are few things you need to know about the
record breaker, Kelvin Olusola:
Born in the United States to Nigerian father and
Grenadian mother, Kelvin is a 26 year old beatboxer.
He is a graduate of prestigious IVY League college,
Yale University from where he graduated in 2011 with
a degree in East Asian Studies.
Kelvin is not just a musician, he’s super smart too. He
also plays the cello, piano and saxophone.
He also speaks fluent Chinese & Spanish.
On a sad note though, award-winning Nigerian Author,
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie missed out being awarded
her 1st Grammy for her work on Beyonce’s platinum
selling single Flawless on the night.
Your Comments Are What Shows Us How You Feel About The Topic. Join us on Facebook http://facebook.com/nigeriannewsreporters and Twitter @ngnewsreporters