ENTERTAINMENT
THE SPICE
OF LIFE
Harvard University’s
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BY NELSON A. KING
Jamaican Dancehall
Queen and Love and Hop
Atlanta cast member Spice
is expected to shake up “societal
norms” when she is
honored later this month
by the prestigious Harvard
University’s Caribbean
Club, according to Brooklyn
based entertainment
concern, PlaybookMG.
In setting multiple
trends in Dancehall,
Spice, who was born Grace
Latoya Hamilton, on Aug.
6, 1982, will be the fi rst
Dancehall female artiste
to receive an award from
the world-renowned university
on Feb. 29.
PlaybookMG’s managing
partner Haitian American
Marie Driven told Caribbean
Life on Tuesday
that Harvard University’s
Caribbean Club
will honor Spice with
“Excellence in Dancehall
and Reggae” during its
third annual gala ceremony,
“Many Nations One
People,” to hosted by fellow
Dancehall starlet Jessie
Woo.
“With Billboard-topping
and charting music, a
worldwide impacting nonprofi
t, releasing two sets
of music, inspired makeup
lines titled ‘Piano Make Up
Palette’ and ‘Microphone
Brush Set,’ launching her
hair company ‘Faces and
Laces,’ Spice deserves every
award,” Driven said.
“She has not only
started the global phenomenon
of reggae popularization
but has become a staple
and mainstay for over a decade,”
she added.
Spice said, “It’s amazing
and humbling that my
contributions to the genre
of music I love are being
recognized by such as
prestigious college on the
level of Harvard.”
Spice, a Dancehall recording
artist, singer and
songwriter, began her career
in the early 2000s.
Driven said she had
her fi rst major success
with the controversial
single “Romping Shop”
with Vybz Kartel in 2009.
“Along with a new single
titled ‘Rolling,’ Spice is
off to an incredible start
to a new decade,” Driven
said. “What’s next for the
groundbreaking recording
artist? Who knows; but
know that whatever Spice
is up to next, it shall be
revolutionary!”
Photo courtesy of PlaybookMG
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