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By Nelson A. King
An online music site created by
music buffs says some of the most
talented singers and bands that have
made it big in America have come
from the islands of the Caribbean.
In its latest edition, Spinditty.com
identified Rihanna, Bob Marley, Nicki
Minaj, Gloria Estefan, Wyclef Jean,
The Baha Men, Boney M., Heavy
D, Billy Ocean and T-Connection
among its top 10.
Others on the list of the top 15, in
order of ratings, are: Sean Kingston,
Natti Natasha, Omi, Johnny Kemp
and Grandmaster Flash.
Spinditty said Pop and R&B superstar
Rihanna came from modest
beginnings.
“Growing up in Barbados, she
struggled with an unstable family
environment, faced down personal
illness, and never graduated from
high school,” it said. “However, upon
being discovered by an American
record producer in 2003, the young
songbird left her past behind.”
After wowing Jay-Z, she was quickly
signed to his Def Jam Recordings
music label, Spinditty said.
In 2010, Rihanna set a Guinness
Book world record as the female artist
with the most US number-one
singles in a year.
By 2019, she had become the richest
female musician in the world
and had snagged multiple Grammy
Awards along the way, according to
Spinditty.
Her long list of number one hits
include: “SOS” (2006); “Umbrella”
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By Nelson A. King
Jamaican-born, United Kingdombased
You Tube commentator Rawpa
Crawpa on June 3 hosted a virtual reunion
for caste of the Jamaican sitcom
“Me and Mi Kru.”
According to Micahaela Samuels, the
Jamaican-born, Brooklyn-based producer
of ShayandKayProduction, the reunion
featured former “Me and Mi Kru”
cast members Hemsley Morris, Jr. (Benzly
Hype); Candice Buchanan; Audrey
Reid; Everaldo Creary; Lisa Alveranga;
and Carrie Campbell (Macka).
Samuels said the “Me and Mi Kru”
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By Nelson A. King
Amid the coronavirus (COVID-19)
pandemic Jamaican recording artist
Indie Allen has used his voice to heal,
inform and reveal.
On June 5, the rising reggae artist
released his new single “Revelation,”
a collaboration with renowned Fams
house music producer Floyd “John GQ”
Barrett.
“The song is about all the changes
we see happening in our world, that
resembles end times,” said Allen in a
statement. “It speaks as a reminder that
we are heading closer to end times.”
Allen said he was inspired by the
prophecies in the Book of Revelation
“upon the realization that this is,
indeed, the world we are living in today
“As it was in the beginning, so shall it
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