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Alkaline performing at a recent show in SD Lawn, Falkenburg Road, Tampa, Fl. Alkaline
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By Nelson A. King
Alkaline is now the face of Spotify’s
first Jamaican-focused playlist,
“Back A Yard,” according to the
Jamaican entertainment company,
Shuzzr Media.
Last week, it said Spotify added 83
countries to its playlist.
Dubbed “the latest and biggest
tracks from Jamaica’s dancehall
scene,” the playlist currently consists
of 51 authentic dancehall tracks from
the genre’s leading headliners, “highlighting
the user-demand for these
specific tracks via their streaming
numbers,” Shuzzr Media said.
Powering the streams are Alkaline’s
loyal fans who took to Twitter
when his latest track “Top Prize” was
released last month.
“The hashtag #TopPrizeAlkaline
and #TopPrizeAlbum trended high
for the entire weekend,” Shuzzr said.
Since its release on Feb. 12, the
single has reached close to 900,000
streams across DSP with over a million
views on Alkaline’s YouTube
Channel, Alkaline Musiq, Shuzzr
said.
It said the track is currently featured
on several “ones to watch” lists
from Pandora, Apple Music and the
top 100 Deezer tracks list.
Shuzzr said indication of the
track’s popularity was evident during
Alkaline’s recent show in SD Lawn,
Falkenburg Road, Tampa, Fl.
“The highly anticipated performance,
his first in 15 months, was
met with rapturous applause from
eager fans who drank from his musi-
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Milstein Pool at Lincoln Center. Iñ aki
Vinaixa
By Nelson A. King
The Caribbean Cultural Center African
Diaspora Institute is partnering
with Lincoln Center to launch their big,
new initiative, which will bring Lincoln
Center to Harlem and vice versa.
With thousands of square feet of
outdoor space, Lincoln Center said it
is in “a unique position to support and
elevate the city’s artists and arts infrastructure.”
Lincoln Center for the Performing
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By Nelson A. King
New York City felt the buzz last
Tuesday of Mike Swagger’s and Posh
& Elite’s music video premiere of their
new single, “Drippy.”
Sponsored by Nature NYC & 420
Gas Pit, Smoke Champs, YNVS and
VITABUDZ organics, along with tunes
played by DJ Jeff Haze, “Drippy” “had
the audience feeling the vibes of the visual
before it even premiered,” according
to John Head, publicist at the Brooklynbased
entertainment company, PlaybookMG.
He said Yave Tequila provided libations,
“and the food sponsored from The
Red Deck & Flans By Alyssa filled the
stomachs of attendees as drinks went
down smoothly.
“Dionni6x came in donning a
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