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By Nelson A. King
Billboard charting hit “Gal Policy”
(top 10 Caribbean Island charts) from
Jamaican crooner Kranium has been
warming up the hearts of fans worldwide
with lush vocals and steamy production.
Mellow whims throughout the beat,
combined with Kranium’s elegant lyrics,
create a song that sticks to the ears
of listeners like butter on warm toast.
The lyric video currently sits at six
million views, prompting the dropping
of an official music video soon.
“Gal Policy” averages over 1,000
searches a day on the popular music
discovery app, Shazam.
“It’s humbling during tough times
worldwide that people are finding
peace and solace in streaming a song
of mine,” Kranium said. “To see ‘Gal
Policy’ take off the way it has, and continues
to do so, is amazing.”
“’Gal Policy’ is doing so well on
Spotify that the popular app has made
Kranium the cover star for their
dancehall official playlists, totaling
902k listeners tuning into the sounds
of Caribbean hits,” Marie Driven, the
Haitian American managing partner
of the Brooklyn-based entertainment
company PlaybookMG.
She said Kranium averages nearly
350k streams weekly across Spotify
and Apple Music alone, adding that
he is “proving to be a certified summer
hit.”
“’Gal Policy’ was recently added to
the mix show list at Hot 97, and we’ll
likely see the same in other cities very
soon,” Driven said.
The single is available on all digital
streaming platforms, and the official
lyric video and remix can be viewed
on YouTube.
Yvette Rennie, president of J’Ouvert
City International.
By Nelson A. King
Amid the coronavirus (COVID-19), the
Brooklyn-based J’Ouvert City International
has announced plans for the 2020 festival
that is usually held in the pre-dawn hours
every Labor Day Monday.
“As our state, our nation and our world
continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic,
we are all challenged to find creative means
of expression and honoring our traditions,”
said the Caribbean J’Ouvert group in a
statement.
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By Nelson A. King Jamaican singer, Kranium.
An informal Brooklyn-based group calling
itself the “Friends of Winston Soso” is
appealing for community support for the
popular Vincentian calypsonian, dubbed
the “The Rolls Royce of Calypso,” who
recently suffered a minor stroke and is on
dialysis treatment.
“As you may be aware, Winston has
to do dialysis three times weekly and has
recently had a minor stroke,” said the
all-Vincentian “Friends” — Allan Doyle,
owner of San Souci Studio in Brooklyn;
Adrian Bailey, a renowned Vincentian
musician; and Laverne Munroe, a retired
registered nurse — in a Facebook post.
“Consequently, he is unable to work
and support himself,” they added about
the Vincentian cultural ambassador. “He
has brought us so much great music over
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