His recording work received much critical acclaim, especially one of his best-known compositions "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised".[9] Gil Scott-Heron received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. He also is included in the exhibits at the National Museum of African American History and Culture that officially opened on Sept. 24, 2016 on the National Mall, and in an NMAAHC publication, Dream a World Anew.