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Jamaican international recording artist, HoodCelebrityy. I-shootFacez
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By Nelson A. King
With some semblance of “normalcy”
returning to daily living,
KSR Records international recording
artist HoodCelebrityy’s new single,
“Champion,” reminds us to celebrate
strength and resiliency after
an unpredictable year.
“Guaranteed to resonate with every
person who has ever had to overcome
fear, self-doubt, insurmountable challenges,
and COVID-19, ‘Champion’ is
set to be a personal anthem for many
years to come,” Ronnie Tomlinson,
the Brooklyn-based, Jamaican-born
entertainment promoter with Destine
Media, told Caribbean Life on
Wednesday.
“What does it mean to be a Champion?’
It is attributed to the winner of
first place in a competition, one who
shows marked superiority, and/or a
militant advocate or defender,” Tomlinson
added. “However, in today’s
post-pandemic world, where we have
witnessed the brutal truth of the
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Trinidadian soca artist Bunji Garlin.
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By Nelson A. King
Talented ragga soca artist, Bunji Garlin,
who has won Trinidad and Tobago’s
Soca Monarch/International Soca Monarch
competition on several occasions, is
now confirmed for the first Atlanta Independence
Rum & Wine Festival.
The event will take place on Sunday,
July 4, 2021 at the Piedmont Park, The
Promenade, in Atlanta, Ga.
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By Tangerine Clarke
Three of Jamaica’s top dancehall artists
energized the Wendy Williams show on
June 18 with a loud performance. Shaggy
and Spice, joined Sean Paul, (virtually), to
sing Spice’s #1 hit single “Go Down Deh,”
from her new studio album “Ten,” schedule
to drop, July 30.
The superstar Talk Show deva, whose
wax figure was just added at Madam Tussauds
Museum in NYC, mused that she
did not understand anything the trio said
during their singing, but praised the performance
anyway.
Williams who said Spice was not new to
dancehall fans, but new to her, asked how
she had hooked with the two legends.
Spice said she was the one who had
reached out to Shaggy, musing that she
went into his DM (direct message), on
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