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READY TO
REIGN
K’reema, Yellowman’s daughter, performs at a concert. Pieter van Dijen
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By Nelson A. King
With great power comes great
responsibility, and Dancehall powerhouse
vocalist K’reema, daughter of
Dancehall royalty, King Yellowman,
says she is ready to take the reins over
her father’s legacy.
The Kingston, Jamaica-born
K’reema, 25, whose real name is Kareema
Foster, told Caribbean Life, in an
exclusive interview on Tuesday, that
she has taken her place “on the throne,
as the First Lady” of her very own label,
“Yellow Baby Records,” to which she
has signed her father, as well as her
brothers, rising artist Kamar and producer
Kemo.
“I am very excited; it’s been a long
time coming,” said the New York-based
K’reema. “And I can’t wait for the world
to hear what’s coming.
“For those don’t know, my dad is
signed to the label, so I’m excited to
let his fans hear his new music,” she
added. “He has a project coming out
late April.
“So far, I’m very happy and excited
due to the constant love and respect
shown to me,” K’reema continued.
“Thus far, I’m beyond happy and excited
to be carrying on my dad’s legacy.
It’s definitely a privilege, and I’m
extremely blessed.”
K’reema said her vision for the label
includes continuing on her family’s
legacy, as well as controlling the path
of all estates.
In comparison to the first-born Marley
matriarch, Cedella Marley, K’reema
is ascending upwards from patrilineal
memory and carving her way into the
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“Black is the Body” author Emily
Bernard. Alison Segar
“Black is the Body: Stories From My
Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time,
and Mine” by Emily Bernard
c.2019, Knopf
$25.95 / $34.95 Canada
223 pages
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
Your mother dealt with things you
can’t imagine.
It was a different time when she was
your age, with societal issues you’d never
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By Vinette K. Pryce
Since Motown founder Berry Gordy
assembled a five-member singing group
he introduced in the sixties as The
Temptation, there has been 23 Black
men introduced onstage to being ‘tall,
talented, temptin’ Temptations.’
Renowned throughout the decades
for their choreographed dance routines,
snappy fashion sense, suave vocal delivery,
poetic rhymes, interchangeable
lead front-men, multi-faceted harmonies
and finger-snapping tunes, the
group provided a musical soundtrack to
generations of diverse audiences.
Emerging from Detroit in 1960 they
rose to the top of the charts amassing 42
Top Ten hits, acquiring 14 number one
songs on the Billboard charts resulting
with acknowledgement from the
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