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In the early days of the pandemic, hip-hop producers Swizz Beats and Timbaland created a music industry monster: Verzuz, a live-on-Instagram music battle show that broke livestreaming records on social media. Now, the Caribbean has responded with its own version. The emergence of Showdown (or, officially, Digicel Showdown, after the telecom company that sponsors the series) feels only natural one more handoff a long-running cultural exchange between Caribbean music and African American traditions.
Showdown debuted last October with artists Alison Hinds from Barbados and Patrice Roberts from Trinidad. Andrew Bailey of Perception Management, which co-produced the series, says that rather than begin with a dancehall pairing which Verzuz had already done with a performance by Jamaica s Beenie Man and Bounty Killer the team elected to showcase soca music, the fast-paced child of Trinidadian calypso and the soundtrack of Caribbean carnival.
Showdown, The Caribbean Answer To Verzuz, Is Part Of A Long-Running Musical Exchange Jan 27, 2021
In the early days of the pandemic, hip-hop producers Swizz Beats and Timbaland created a music industry monster: Verzuz, a live-on-Instagram music battle show that broke livestreaming records on social media. Now, the Caribbean has responded with its own version. The emergence of Showdown (or, officially, Digicel Showdown, after the telecom company that sponsors the series) feels only natural â one more handoff a long-running cultural exchange between Caribbean music and African American traditions.
Showdown debuted last October with artists Alison Hinds from Barbados and Patrice Roberts from Trinidad. Andrew Bailey of Perception Management, which co-produced the series, says that rather than begin with a dancehall pairingâ which Verzuz had already done with a performance by Jamaica s Beenie Man and Bounty Killer â the team elected to showcase soca music, the fast
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International student from Jamaica and author Michael Lewis releases new self-help book, Bank on Self-Investment
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This author offers society a stimulus check in the form of a self-help book using a mixture of banking and investment jargon that challenges readers to assess themselves and perform practical actions that will allow them to gain momentum on their goals and attain a quality of life they’ve always envisioned.
Lewis debut self-help book. KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. (PRWEB) January 13, 2021 During the pandemic onset, countless Americans have been glued to their mobile banking apps, awaiting a stimulus check deposit. Now, some are constantly checking newsfeeds for updates on if for certain there will be a next payment and if so, will it be greater than the prior two? For author Michael Lewis, self-assessment is the stimulus check the world needs to desire.