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Haitian-American Hip-Hop artist and dancer, Jennaske performs at her listening party at HayatyNyc. @
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By Nelson A. King
Queens-based Haitian-American
Hip-Hop artist and dancer, Jennaske
has released her debut mixtape,
“Nympho Waves.”
According to Marie Driven, the
Brooklyn-based Haitian-American
managing partner of Playbookmg.
com, an online entertainment company,
Jennaske, also known as Ske,
whose real name is Rebecca Pierre,
“drew a packed house” last week at
the artist’s “listening party and meet
at greet” at HayatyNyc.
Chief Property, Solomon White
and Micah Henry produced the
project, Driven said.
“The 22-year-old rising star has a
fierce presence on and off-screen, a
great combination for the Queens,
NY native, who joins the latest season
of ‘Love and Hip-Hop New York’
as a cast member,” she said.
“Fellow cast member Richie Dollaz
gave a touching speech at the listening
party, reinforcing to fans that
Jennaske is here to stay,” Driven
added.
She said attendees included Peter
Gunz, Jaquae, Sydney Starr and actor
/ producer Cisco Rosado.
“The performer has been busy
since launching as a professional,”
Driven said. “Earlier this week, her
single ‘Ske’ came out, and she recently
released the music video for the
track ‘Been A Problem’ on BET with
a great deal of fanfare.”
Driven said Jennaske got her start
as a background dancer for NYC
rapper Desiigner after releasing a
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Mass choir sings “Christ is Born,
Nowell.” Photo by Nelson A. King
By Nelson A. King
With the theme “Sing We Noel,” the
130-year-old Fenimore Street United
Methodist Church in East Flatbush,
Brooklyn on Sunday evening celebrated
the Christmas season with its annual
candlelight cantata.
The near two-hour-long event featured
lusty singing by soloists and the
church’s Mass, Combined Praise Team
and Junior choirs, and the congregation;
liturgical dances, scripture read-
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By Vinette K. Pryce
PSSST! In case you haven’t heard,
the five-day forecast predicts the weather
during the holidays to be delightful.
Delightful or frightful as the holiday
song croons, movies are always appropriate
recourse for families to indulge
when time affords.
One of the season’s offerings is “Last
Christmas” the first film feature to
spotlight the festive period when family,
food, fashion and shopping collide with
a religious celebration of the miraculous
Christian birth.
The first big screen feature of the
season turned the spotlight on a homeless
elf, a dysfunctional family, an Asian
store owner obsessed with all things
Christmas, a mysterious Good Samaritan
and music voiced by the late pop
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MUSICAL
WAVES
Jennaske excites listening party
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