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Brooklyn DA awards winners of art contest ‘Illustrate Against Hate’
By Nelson A. King
Brooklyn District Attorney
Eric Gonzalez on June 10 hosted
a group of talented and caring
students to present them
awards for winning an art contest,
“Illustrate Against Hate.”
Organized in partnership
with the New York City
Police Foundation and Education
Department, Gonzalez
said the competition “provided
youngsters with a positive
way to express themselves
against bigotry and call out
hate crimes.”
The contest was open to
all city school kids from 7th
through 12th Grade.
In less than a month,
Gonzalez said his office
received over 500 submissions
from all five boroughs, adding
that a committee of judges
picked three winners from
each grade.
“I strongly believe that education
is a critical part of any
long-term strategy to prevent
hate motivated violence,” the
district attorney told the students
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez with winners of the “Illustrate Against Hate” competition. Offi ce of Brooklyn District
Attorney Eric Gonzalez
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and their parents. “We
have to break down stereotypes,
suspicion and misunderstanding
between communities,
starting with our young
people.
“Art is a powerful tool to
achieve those goals, because
art illuminates our common
experiences and emotions;
it connects us to our shared
humanity,” he added. “Art can
shock us out of complacency,
and move us in ways that
straightforward explanation
and argument cannot.”
ly spread throughout the islands.
The reggaeton elements are
present but are more upbeat and
paired with a simple melody and
dancehall flavor.
“Lincoln listened to dembow
heavily when he got inspired
to write ‘Bang’ and record the
track,” Sarah A. Freiseis, special
project manager with the Brooklyn
based entertainment company,
PlaybookMG, told Caribbean
Life on Tuesday.
“The project came together
with the help of a long-time collaborator,
producer and rapper,
Track Starr,” she added.
Lincoln said, “Track Starr
made the beat and the hook.
When Mi heard the hook, Mi get
excited.”
Freiseis said Lincoln has been
dropping music frequently and,
most recent, “made an impression
with his hit song,’Vibe’ and
steamy music video.
“His R&B side gets the spotlight
as the flow of his vocals
plays off the synthesized guitars,”
she said.
Before that, Freiseis said songs
“Powaful” and “Storytime” from
the album Powaful helped put
Lincoln on the map, as did “African
Vibe” back in 2018.
“Time in the studio continues
for this up-and-comer, as he continues
on a body of work with Izy
Beats and producer Track Starr.”
Train, The Dark Knight). The
three-part movie series event
is narrated by Kandi Burruss
(The Chi, The Real Housewives
of Atlanta).
Keeping Up With The Joneses
marks another major milestone
in the career of James,
who was born in Jamaica and
moved to the United Kingdom
following his early education
to pursue a Master’s
degree in film production at
the University of Bristol.
A performing career as a
‘triple threat’- actor, singer
and dancer- that began in
childhood in Jamaica as part
of Cathi Levy’s Little People
and Teen Players Club, the
L’ACADCO Dance Company
and the ASHE Performing
Arts Ensemble, received a
major boost when he was cast
in the West End production
of Disney’s The Lion King
in London. Subsequent stage
appearances with some of the
United Kingdom’s most iconic
theatres followed, including
the leading role in Sadler
Wells’ The Mahabharata,
as well as roles in Aida and
Death In Venice with The
Royal Opera.
Following his breakthrough
performance as White Rat in
the internationally acclaimed
Game Of Thrones, other
screen appearances included
the TV series Escape The
Night, the UK Channel 5 docuseries
Mummy Mysteries
and the British film Reunion
in which he appeared opposite
renowned UK actor Ashley
Walters (Bullet Boy, Top
Boy).
According to James, who
was personally chosen by Vivica
A. Fox for his role, his
character of William in Keeping
Up WithThe Joneses is a
definite change of pace from
several roles he has played in
the past.
“Many of the characters I’ve
played before, in productions
such as Game of Thrones and
The Mahabharata were warriors
in epic, otherworldly
productions- men expressing
strength along with hints of
vulnerability. But while William
in Keeping Up With The
Joneses is just as complex,
it was new and intriguing to
navigate his ideas around life
and success within a modern
day context. I had great fun
playing him and audiences
who tune in will see exactly
why.”
Keeping Up With The Joneses
is part of LMN’s popular
“WRONG” franchise, a series
of movie dramas often dealing
with mystery, romance,
crime and betrayal.
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Jamaican born actor Marcos James. Sure Thing Productions
Lincoln 3Dot flaunts Dembow music influence in ‘Bang’