Angélique Kidjo Becomes First African Musician on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Benin · CULTURE Key Facts —The ceremony: Angélique Kidjo receives her star on Tuesday 18 August 2026 at 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time at 7011 Hollywood Boulevard. —The historic first: Kidjo is the first African musician and first Black African performer to be honoured on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. —The star number: She rece

Five-time Grammy winner Angelique Kidjo on Tuesday became the first Black African to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Two things have been crucial to a restless Angélique Kidjo since her childhood in Benin, West Africa: diverse, universal, nuanced brands of truthful musical storytelling in all its forms, and her mother. Selling nearly four million albums worldwide, winning five Grammys, writing a bestselling autobiography, “Spirit Ris

Five-time Grammy winner Angelique Kidjo makes history as the first African musician to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Discover her global influe