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Fantasia

Fantasia Monique Taylor (née Barrino; born June 30, 1984), known professionally by her mononym Fantasia, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the reality television series American Idol in 2004. Following her victory, she released her debut single, "I Believe," which debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Subsequently, she released her debut album, Free Yourself, which went on to be certified Platinum by the RIAA and garnered Taylor three Grammy nominations in 2006.

In 2006, she released her second album, Fantasia, which featured the single "When I See U" which topped the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for eight weeks. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA and received three Grammy nominations in 2008. She then played the part of Celie in the Broadway musical The Color Purple, for which she won a 2007 Theatre World Award. Her third studio album, Back to Me, was released worldwide on August 24, 2010 and features the single "Bittersweet," which peaked in the top ten on the R&B chart. The single won her a Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. As of February 2012, Taylor has sold 2,842,000 albums and 1,425,000 tracks in the United States. In 2012, VH1 ranked her number 32 out of the 100 Greatest Women in Music.

On April 18, 2013, Taylor returned to American Idol singing "Lose to Win." The performance dubbed "dynamic, passionate and powerful" won her fervent expressions of approval from the show's current judges and a wild ovation from the live audience. Moreover, she has received rave reviews in the media for the performance. In November 2013, Taylor returned to Broadway in the musical After Midnight. On October 16, 2014, she was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame.

Taylor has been nicknamed "Baby Patti LaBelle" by her idol Patti LaBelle.

Early life

Fantasia Taylor was born Fantasia Barrino to Diane and Joseph Barrino and raised in High Point, North Carolina. She began singing at the age of five. Taylor cites Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle and Tina Turner as her biggest musical influences. Music runs in her family. R&B duo K-Ci & JoJo, formerly of Jodeci, are her first cousins. Her uncles, The Barrino Brothers, were a 1970s R&B band.

Despite the travels, she attended Andrews High School in High Point, North Carolina. Feeling embarrassed and harassed after she was raped by a classmate, she dropped out of high school. She became pregnant at 16, and on August 8, 2001, gave birth to her daughter, Zion Quari Barrino with her ex-boyfriend, Brandel Shouse.

Career

2004–05: American Idol and Free Yourself

Taylor's show was a heartfelt staging of the Porgy and Bess standard "Summertime" that left her in tears from "feeling the song" and earned praise from the judges and was named amongst the AOL's 2004 list of greatest television moments.

For the final performance of the season, Taylor offered a second performance of "Summertime" that again drew praise from the judges; Simon Cowell remarked that she was the best contestant to ever compete in any competition, including the more than seventy Idol champions crowned nationally and internationally since the show began its first global incarnations. On the finale, over 65 million votes were cast in order to determine the winner on May 26, 2004, up from 24 million in 2003. Taylor defeated runner-up Diana DeGarmo by 1.3 million votes. At age 19, she was the youngest American Idol winner until May 23, 2007, when then 17-year-old Jordin Sparks won the title.

Taylor participated in the U.S. tour with the other American Idol finalists and appeared in the 2004 Christmas special, Kelly, Ruben and Fantasia: Home For the Holidays as well.

Taylor's brother auditioned for the eighth season of American idol but failed to make it to the Hollywood round.

Taylor is one of only four winners, the others being Ruben Studdard, Kris Allen and most recently Candice Glover, to have landed in the bottom three or two, which she did twice.

Performances

^Note 1 : When Ryan Seacrest announced the results in the particular night, Taylor was in the bottom two, but declared safe when LaToya London was eliminated.

After winning American Idol, Fantasia signed to J Records with 19 Entertainment and began work on her debut album. In June 2004, she released her debut single, "I Believe", which later debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. This number-one debut made Fantasia the first artist in history to achieve this with a first single. On the sales chart, the single spent eleven consecutive weeks at number one, giving it the longest consecutive stay on top of that chart for an American Idol contestant. The CD single, "I Believe", went on to become the top selling single of 2004 in the U.S., and has since been certified double platinum by the CRIA. Taylor also won three Billboard Music Awards for the single.

Fantasia released her debut studio album, Free Yourself, in November 2004. It debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200, selling 240,000 copies in its first week. To date, it has sold over two million copies worldwide, and was certified Platinum in the U.S. The singles "Truth Is" and "Free Yourself" became R&B hits, reaching number two and number three respectively on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, while the controversial "Baby Mama"—which critics accused of romanticizing single motherhood—reached the top twenty. Taylor did even better on the Billboard Hot Adult R&B Airplay, where she was the first artist of any kind to simultaneously hold the top two spots of the top three, and "Truth Is" spent 14 weeks at the number one position. Taylor was named the number-one artist of the Adult Urban Contemporary format for 2005 according to the December 13, 2005 issue of Billboard magazine.

Through the spring and winter of 2005, Fantasia made many television appearances to promote her album. She played Aretha Franklin in an episode of the series American Dreams, singing "Respect", guest voiced on The Simpsons episode "A Star Is Torn", and guest starred as herself in a cameo role on the sitcom All of Us. She appeared three times as a musical guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. On March 25, 2005, Fantasia performed at the thirty-sixth NAACP Image Awards in honor of Illinois Senator Barack Obama after winning the award for Outstanding Female Artist. In May 2005, Fantasia went on her first tour with her own live band, with soul singers Kem and Rashaan Patterson. She also appeared as a headliner at several music festivals including the Saint Lucia Jazz Festival and the Reggae Sumfest in Jamaica. In October 2005, she received good notices as an opening act for Kanye West's Touch the Sky Tour.

2006–07: Fantasia, acting debut and The Color Purple

In 2006, Taylor was nominated for three Grammy Awards for her debut album. Though she did not win any awards, she performed at the 48th annual telecast with several artists including Aerosmith, Joss Stone, John Legend, Maroon 5, and Ciara in an all-star tribute to Sly and the Family Stone during the Grammy Award show.

In August 2006, Fantasia played herself in a Lifetime Television film based on her autobiography Life Is Not a Fairy Tale. The film was directed by Debbie Allen and debuted on the women's cable network on August 19, 2006. The movie received nineteen million viewers throughout its debut weekend. The Fantasia Barrino Story: Life is Not a Fairy Tale has also become Lifetime's second most viewed program of all time.

Fantasia had many musical collaborations during the fall of 2006 including a remake of The Clark Sisters' "Endow Me" which featured Faith Evans, Lil' Mo, and Coko of SWV, a remake of Stevie Wonder's 1976 song "I Wish" with Patti LaBelle and Yolanda Adams for the soundtrack to the 2006 computer-animated film Happy Feet, and most notably her duet with Aretha Franklin which was recorded at that time and later released in 2007.

She released her self-titled second effort, Fantasia, on December 12, 2006. The album involved production by Missy Elliott, Swizz Beatz, Babyface, Diane Warren, and others, and has since spawned the singles "Hood Boy" produced by Tone Mason, "When I See U", and "Only One U" and went on to be certified gold.

When I See You" became her first single to top the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, remaining at the number one spot for eight consecutive weeks. The single stayed on the chart for over a year and was named number eight on the Billboard Best of The 2000s R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

In February 2007, Fantasia appeared and performed on American Idol, and announced that she would be starring in the lead role of Celie in the Broadway musical The Color Purple, the hit musical based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker. After appearing on American Idol and The Oprah Winfrey Show, the musical received a boost of over two million in pre-ticket sales in one week. Leading up to her first performance on April 10, 2007 the play garnered a total of 6.5 million in pre-ticket sales.

While playing the role, Fantasia earned rave reviews for her performance. New York Post critic Clive Barnes said, "... there is some elemental quality to Fantasia that is either greatness or something close to it." Upon her warm welcome to the stage Fantasia was asked to perform at the 2007 Tony Awards in a tribute to Atlanta's Alliance Theater in which The Color Purple got its start. In recognition of an outstanding stage debut performance, Fantasia was given the Theatre World Award and the Best Replacement Star Broadway.com Award. Fantasia was initially scheduled for a limited six-month engagement ending in October 2007 but had her run extended until January 6, 2008. The Color Purple box office saw a thirty-four-million-dollar jump in sales since Taylor started in the show, a third of the play's 100 million dollar earning since its debut in 2005. The New York Post reported that Taylor missed nearly fifty performances in the show, causing the producers to give back tens of thousands of dollars in refunds. In the September 2008 issue of Sister 2 Sister magazine, Taylor revealed that the reason for her absences in The Color Purple was because of the development of a cyst on her vocal cords. She was ordered to immediately undergo surgery which later revealed that she in fact had a tumor on her vocal cords. She now reports that after a successful surgery, the tumor was completely removed and she is now well.

2008–10: Back to Me and Fantasia for Real

Fantasia received two Grammy nominations for her sophomore release, Fantasia and subsequently began work on her third studio album in 2008. She stated on the red carpet of the 2008 Grammy Awards that the style of the new album would be a blending of the avenues she has touched musically, which include American Idol and Broadway. She also revealed that she would be writing some of the album's songs and would collaborate again with Missy Elliott, The Underdogs, and Midi Mafia, who produced one of her biggest hits, "When I See U".

Midi Mafia produced the majority of Fantasia's third studio album. Also, hip hop duo Rock City were confirmed to be writing for the new project. At the time, they had recorded four songs together. She also worked with songwriter-producer Rich King which spawned two songs for her third release. KP, Eric Hudson and Raphael Saadiq are a few people that also became involved on the project. Fantasia confirmed that about 75 percent of the album was complete by mid-2009, and that fans should've expected a new single by the fall of 2009, with the album due to be released in early 2010. This was later delayed, and while recording her new album, Fantasia decided to do a great deal of it the "old fashioned way," inviting a live orchestra to record in the studio with her.

Fantasia was then cast by Oprah Winfrey as Celie in the film adaptation of The Color Purple musical, which began production after the release of her third album, as Fantasia confirmed to MTV News on March 5, 2008.

In June 2008, Fantasia parted ways with 19 Entertainment, but remained with 19 Recordings and J Records. She said that after the release of her third album, she plans to release a gospel album. She performed with her mother, Diane Barrino, in a Thanksgiving special on BET's Bobby Jones Gospel. Fantasia also appeared on Jennifer Hudson's self-titled album, on the song "I'm His Only Woman", which was nominated for a 2009 Grammy Award, though it did not win.

Fantasia reprised the role of Celie in the national tour of The Color Purple during its Washington D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, and Los Angeles stops.

Fantasia also stars in a reality show produced by World of Wonder. Titled Fantasia for Real, it premiered on January 11, 2010, on VH1 to rave reviews and ratings. The show's first season ended in July 2010 with its second began on September 19, 2010.

"Even Angels", a song from Fantasia's third studio album, produced by The Stereotypes and written by Heather Bright, was never released to radio . She performed the song on The Oprah Winfrey Show on February 3, 2010. The album's first official single, "Bittersweet", was released on May 11, 2010 and has gone on to reach number seven on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart as well as number seventy-four on the Billboard Hot 100.

Fantasia's third studio album, Back to Me, was released on August 24, 2010. Fantasia cited Tina Turner, Queen and Aretha Franklin as influences, and like musicians she admired from their era, she recorded with a live band. The album has been promoted by appearances on Good Morning America and The Wendy Williams Show among others. On March 28, 2010, Taylor also performed "America the Beautiful" at WWE WrestleMania XXVI. To promote the album, Taylor embarked on her first solo concert tour, Back to Me Tour in the fall of 2010.

Taylor appeared on Charlie Wilson's album Just Charlie, on "I Want to Be Your Man."

In the summer of 2010, she appeared as a guest judge alongside Wayne Brady, on episode 11, of RuPaul's Drag Race.

2011–13: Grammy Award, return to acting and Side Effects of You

On February 13, 2011, Fantasia won her first Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "Bittersweet".

In 2011, Taylor was cast in her first film role, playing gospel singer Mahalia Jackson in a biopic based on the 1993 book Got to Tell It: Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel. It was later reported that the film was fully endorsed by the Mahalia Jackson estate. Fantasia also would receive not only the top salary in the project but a percentage of the box office revenue the film creates. Production was originally planned to begin in October 2011 in New Orleans and Chicago with a release date of late 2012 and a premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. In August 2011, organizers of the International Hair Show in Atlanta, Georgia, said medical conditions requiring bed rest had forced Fantasia to cancel her scheduled performance there. Double Dutch Productions LLC, the production company behind Mahalia!, released a statement saying it "extends apologies to Fantasia Barrino for the inaccurate, non-factual and disparaging statements of Ms. Barrino's reputation, character and image."

In 2011, Aretha Franklin expressed interest in having Taylor play her in a planned biographical movie.

On October 7, RCA Music Group announced it was disbanding J Records along with Arista Records and Jive Records. With the shutdown, Taylor (and all other artists previously signed to these three labels) will release her future material on the RCA Records brand.

On February 13, 2012, VH1 named Taylor 32nd out of the 100 Greatest Women in Music.

Taylor was featured on a cover version of Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors" with Kelly Price and Faith Evans from Evans' compilation album R&B Divas, which was released on October 2, 2012.

On December 19, 2012, Fantasia premiered her new single, "Lose to Win". During an interview on Steve Harvey's morning radio show, Taylor revealed that the album's release date would be March 13, 2013. However, on February 28, 2013, via her Facebook page, Fantasia announced that her album would be released on April 23, 2013. The album was available for pre-order on March 19, 2013.

On April 19, 2013, Fantasia revealed that her next single would be "Without Me," featuring Kelly Rowland and Missy Elliott.

In June 2013, Fantasia embarked on a five-date tour with Andrea Bocelli. In an interview on Today in that same month, she revealed that she will return to Broadway in October 2013.

Taylor starred in the musical revue After Midnight which opened on Broadway on November 3, 2013, with previews beginning on October 18 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Her role ended on February 9, 2014. She had received rave reviews from critics for her performance. New York Post wrote "... although I admired Ms. Barrino's heartfelt performance in "The Color Purple," I was surprised at how smoothly and intuitively she slid into the vocal persona of a jazz singer." Taylor was the first of a rotating roster of special guest stars that also included k.d. lang, Toni Braxton and Babyface. On March 20, 2014, it was announced that Taylor will return to the production for a second stint for four weeks, beginning on May 13 through June 8. Taylor performed alongside the cast and Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight at the 68th Tony Awards.

In August 2013, Taylor co-wrote and recorded the theme song "In the Middle of the Night" for The Butler.

2014–present: The Definition Of...

On October 16, 2014, Taylor was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. Taylor appeared on Dave Koz's new Christmas album, The 25th of December, which consisted of a collection of Christmas-themed duets. The album was released on September 30, 2014. In November 2014, Taylor teamed up with former Destiny's Child member Michelle Williams on the remix of Williams' "If We Had Your Eyes". In November, Taylor announced that she had started work on her next album. She posted a short clip of her and R. Kelly in the studio on her official Instagram account. "No Time for It," the first single from the album, was released on January 7, 2016. Taylor is working with music executive and producer Ron Fair.

Taylor toured with Anthony Hamilton beginning on April 21, 2016, in Buffalo, New York. The Definition Of... was released in the United States on July 29, 2016 and debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 Chart, selling 32,000 units The album also topped that week's Billboard R&B Albums Chart and was No. 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album's chart making it Taylor's fourth top ten album. The new album featured two top 10 singles on the Adult R&B Songs airplay chart: "No Time For It," which peaked at number six, and "Sleeping with the One I Love," which peaked at number 9.

Personal life

In September 2005, Taylor published a memoir, dictated to a freelance writer, titled Life Is Not a Fairy Tale. In it, she revealed she is functionally illiterate and was unable to read the text of contracts she signed or to read to her then four-year-old daughter. In 2006, following the release of her autobiography, Taylor's father sued her for $10 million after she said unflattering things about him in the book that he claimed were false.

On December 9, 2008, Taylor's 6,600-square-foot (610 m2), lakefront home in Charlotte's Glynmoor Lakes at Piper Glen community was in foreclosure and would be up for auction. Her 4,500-square-foot (420 m2) home, also in Piper Glen, is unaffected. The home was due to be auctioned in January 2009 by the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office after the company Broward Energy Partners, which had paid over $68,000 of her taxes in 2006, said it had not been fully repaid. The auction earnings were to be used to finish reimbursing the company for the loan, on which Taylor had paid back $10,000. The auction was canceled after Taylor's attorneys and the lender reached an "eleventh-hour deal", the details of which were not disclosed.

Her uncles, The Barrino Brothers, were a 1970s R&B band and her brother is Grand Hustle recording artist Ricco Barrino.

An August 2010 divorce filing in Mecklenburg County District Court alleges that Taylor had a year-long relationship with Antwaun Cook, who was married, bringing up the subject of alienation of affection laws in North Carolina. Taylor claimed the two began dating after Cook and his wife separated.

On August 9, 2010, Taylor was hospitalized in Pineville, North Carolina, due to overdosing on aspirin and an unknown sleep aid. Dickens said, "'Her injuries are not life threatening ... she was dehydrated and exhausted at the time." The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department classified the incident as a suicide attempt. In transcript segments released the day before an August 24, 2010, interview on the VH1 series Behind the Music, Taylor confirmed the incident was a suicide attempt, saying, "I didn't care about anything. I just wanted out. At that moment I wanted out. I wanted it to be over with...." Taylor denied rumors that the incident was a publicity stunt.

Afterward, Taylor said, "Music saved me. When I went in the hospital, I went into the computer room, and I looked up artists who've been through things, artists who sing from their soul. I took my cues from them, and I just put my mind and everything into music." She also relied on her family, something she had not done earlier in her career. Taylor testified in court that she aborted her and Cook's fetus around the time of her failed suicide attempt.

In late August 2010, the ex-wife of Antwuan Cook, Paula Cook, accused Taylor of knowingly pursuing a relationship with her husband despite knowledge of their existing marriage. In December 2010, a North Carolina judge ruled in Taylor's favor, stating the Cooks' separation date was September 14, 2009, and not June 2010 as Paula previously claimed.

On August 1, 2011, Taylor announced a second pregnancy during a charity concert event in Jacksonville, Florida. She did not reveal the name of the father. On September 13, 2011 it was confirmed that the singer would be having a boy. On December 13, 2011, she gave birth to a son, Dallas Xavier Barrino. On July 18, 2015, she married Kendall Taylor, a businessman.

She dated former NFL player Michael Clayton, who was at the time playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. From 2008 to 2009, Taylor dated rapper Young Dro.

Artistry

Voice

Taylor's voice has been described as raspy, gritty and soulful.

Influences

Taylor has said from childhood she has been influenced by soul singers Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle, Chaka Khan and Tina Turner, as well as jazz singers Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway and Nina Simone. Taylor has drawn many comparisons to her idols. LaBelle affectionately calls Taylor "baby Patti." "[Fantasia's] just a baby me...when you see yourself in someone else, you say, 'God I'm 70, she's 30,' so she's like the Patti Labelle from back in the day and everything and she's so raw," LaBelle stated in an interview. She always credit her church upbringing and cites The Clark Sisters as one of her influences. Taylor is also an admirer of rock music and was influenced by Queen and Elton John. Her fourth album, Side Effects of You introduced a new and much edgier rock-inspired sound which she coined as 'rock soul'. During an interview with Billboard.com, Taylor has stated that she would like to go in more of a rock direction for her fifth studio album. "This whole rock soul direction has been on my heart. I'll always be soulful: I started singing in the church at the age of five. So that will never go anywhere. But there's a certain side of me that wants to tap into that whole rock world. It's hard to come from R&B to that. But it's something I believe in and will fight for," Taylor said in the interview.

Genres and songwriting

Taylor's music is mostly contemporary R&B, heavily rooted in soul music and gospel music. Her lyrics speak of love, pain and resilience. She also incorporates pop, funk, reggae and hip hop into her music. Side Effects of You demonstrated the versatility of Taylor's voice. Taylor introduced a new and much edgier rock-inspired sound which she coined as 'rock soul'. Gerrick D. Kennedy from the Los Angeles Times praised the album as "sumptuous contemporary R&B dipped in vintage rock and soul". Andy Kellman from Allmusic called it "her finest album yet". Taylor further showcased her versatility and expanded her range while starring in Broadway musicals The Color Purple and After Midnight, as well as her mini-tour with Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli.

Taylor has received songwriting credits on Side Effects of You. She wrote majority of the tracks along with Sevyn Streeter, Emeli Sandé, Andrea Martin, Al Sherrod Lambert and many others. Aside from her own project, Taylor co-wrote the theme song to the movie The Butler entitled "In the Middle of the Night", which she also performed, as well as a song called "In the Middle" for American Idol twelfth season winner Candice Glover's debut album, Music Speaks.

Legacy

Since winning American Idol in 2004, Taylor has sold over three million records and won numerous awards and accolades, including a Grammy Award, three Billboard Awards, three NAACP Image Awards and two ASCAP Awards. Her first single, "I Believe" topped the Billboard Hot 100 at number-one, making Taylor the first artist in history to achieve this with a first single. I Believe remained at number-one for eleven consecutive weeks, giving it the longest consecutive stay on top of that chart for an American Idol contestant. In 2005, Taylor was named the number-one artist of the Adult Urban Contemporary format, according to the December 13, 2005 issue of Billboard magazine. In 2012, VH1 ranked her number 32 out of the 100 Greatest Women in Music. Taylor was the first artist of any kind to simultaneously hold the top two spots of the top three on the Billboard Hot Adult R&B Airplay. Her song, "Truth Is" spent fourteen weeks at the number-one position. Taylor's American Idol performance of the Porgy and Bess standard "Summertime" was named amongst the AOL's 2004 list of greatest television moments.

Over the course of her career, Taylor has inspired other artists, including American Idol season eleven contestant Joshua Ledet who was dubbed "Mantasia" by fans, the media and even Taylor herself. Actress Amber Riley revealed her admiration for Taylor in an interview on The Arsenio Hall Show and cited her as an "inspiration."

Discography

Free Yourself (2004)

Fantasia (2006)

Back to Me (2010)

Side Effects of You (2013)

The Definition of... (2016)

Filmography

FilmsBroadwayTelevision

Bibliography

Life Is Not a Fairy Tale (2005)

Tours

Headlining

2010–11: Back to Me Tour

2013: Side Effects of You Tour

2016: The Definition Of... Tour

Co-headlining

2004: American Idols LIVE! Tour 2004 (with the Top 10 finalist of American Idol 2004)

2016: Fantasia & Anthony Hamilton: Live in Concert (with Anthony Hamilton)

2016: Annual Summer Jam (with Maxwell and Ro James)

Opening act

2005: Touch the Sky (for Kanye West)

2006: Unpredictable Tour (for Jamie Foxx)

2011: Intimacy Tour (for Kem)

2013: 2013 World Tour (for Andrea Bocelli)

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Annually, most equate summer in Europe n’ the U.S. to...? Yes, outdoor reggae festivals! And this one’s been growing bigger n’ stronger each year, in Monterey. California Roots Music & Arts Festival is hitting 9-years old, w/a line-up that’s special.

Protoje has a new LP (A Matter of Time), pushing “No Guarantee” n’ is on tour w/Chronixx, see dates below!

MAY 24, 2018 - SUBTERRANEAN - CHICAGO, IL - BUY TICKETS MAY 25, 2018 - SUMMER CAMP FESTIVAL - CHILLICOTHE, IL - BUY TICKETS MAY 26, 2018 - UNION STAGE - WASHINGTON, DC - BUY TICKETS MAY 27, 2018 - CONEY ISLAND AMPHITHEATER - BK, NY - BUY TICKETS

Awwww...that’s Ziggy Marley w/his lil’ ‘Ziggy’, he’s going on tour -- to promote his latest Rebellion Rises, see dates below:

UPCOMING NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:

Dates: City: Venue:

6/8/18 Napa, CA Uptown

6/10/18 Carmel, CA Sunset Center

6/12/18 Jacksonville, OR Britt Pavilion

6/13/18 Seattle, WA Seattle Zoo

6/14/18 Portland, OR Portland Zoo

6/16/18 Kamas, UT DeJoria Ctr

6/17/18 Winter Park, CO Hideaway Park

6/18/18 Aspen, CO Aspen

6/19/18 Albuquerque, NM Villa Hispana Outdoor

6/20/18 Phoenix, AZ Van Buren

6/22/18 Santa Ynez, CA Chumash

6/23/18 Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades

6/24/18 San Francisco, CA Sigmund Stern

8/23/18 Bellvue, CO Mishawaka

9/1/18 Vienna, VA Wolf Trap

+UPCOMING EUROPEAN TOUR DATES!

It’s incredible how fast this movement grew into something actually cool, over just a few years. It WAS poorly organized, poorly attended n’ pathetically not a true reflection of the carnival zest from Trinidad, representing in LA. But that’s recently changed, also incorporating other cultures from across the globe! Don’t miss from June 21-24 in H’wood, the Hollywood Carnival & Parade + ‘nuff activities surrounding this better soca-infused weekend of LA Carnival’s non-stop bachannal!

Hop on, but don’t hop off ‘til it docks. You’re invited, btw...this is a one-time only summer event, don’t lapse.

If you’re performing at one of Brooklyn’s coolest venues, National Sawdust, there’s something really cool about you. And that’s why U should check Underground System on Sat, June 16 @7p. Hopefully tix are still left!? If not, there’s 2 other upcoming shows (see below) too!

Feeling a lil’ nostalgia living in NYC, for the Pacific Ocean, Venice Beach n’ West Coast Gangstarr rap? @Project Parlor in BK, every 3rd Saturday, from 3p-8p, Str8 West Coastin’ got ya ‘chronic’ needs!

Above, catch the duo -- Adrian Younge + Ali Shaheed Muhammad aka The Midnight Hour w/band in NYC on Weds, June 20 @Manderley Bar (McKittrick Hotel). And below, back in their home-base of LA, catch them on Saturday, June 23 @Lodge Room. These shows should be a top priority, if music is your thing, ya feel me?

This year, Reggae Sumfest organizers are really kicking up some dust in branding this year’s festival (July 15-22 in Montego Bay), to be their best yet. For instance, it has now expanded to 8 days of real authentic Jamaican entertainment n’ food, amongst other forms of entertaining one’s self ;-)

See lineup + schedule below.

Sun. July 15 Sumfest Colour-Fest Beach Party @Tropical Bliss Beach | Doors Open: 3pm | (Ticketed)

Mon. July 16 Sumfest Street Dance @ Hip Strip, MoBay | Gates Open: 7pm | (Free)

Tues. July 17 All White Party @ Pier One Restaurant & Bar | Doors Open: 8pm | (Ticketed)

Wed. July 18 The Blitz “All Black” Party Feat. Safaree and Stefflon Don @ (Venue TBD) | Doors Open: 8pm | (Ticketed)

Thu. July 19 The Inspire Awards @ Iberostar Hotel | 5pm-9pm | (Invitation Only)

Thu. July 19 Reggae Sumfest Presents: Irish & Chin's World Clash 20th Anniversary @ Pier One Event Center | Doors Open: 8pm | (Ticketed) Tony Matterhorn, Mighty Crown, Ricky Trooper and Pink Panther!

Fri. July 20 Sumfest Symposium @ Montego Bay Conference Center | Time TBD | (Free)

Fri. July 20 Sumfest Festival Night 1 @ Catherine Hall Event Centre | Doors Open: 7pm | (Ticketed) Popcaan, Aidonia, Bounty Killer, Sizzla, Spice, Tommy Lee Sparta, Agent Sasco, Ding Dong, I-Octane, Stonebwoy, Harry Toddler, Yanique, D-Major, Kemar Highcon, Dance Expressions, Govana, Tosh Alexander, Shano, Jah Fabio, Kim Nain, Rygin King, Vanzo, G Don V, Press Kay plus special guest stars

Sat. July 21 Sumfest Festival Night 2@ Catherine Hall Event Centre | Doors Open: 7pm | (Ticketed) Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, Beres Hammond, Maxi Priest, Cham, Capleton, Raging Fyah, Jesse Royal, J Boog, Fantan Mojah, Keznamdi, Empress Ayeola, Naomi Cowan, Jah Dore, D’Yani, Stushi, plus special guest stars.

And everyone in NYC -- young n’ old, has to hit up at least one of these, come summertime. See below, or FULL line-up here.

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CIRCLE CLUBBIN'SIDE - Dutty Summer w Dj Delta Yard Beat Dj MDee CircleClub CZ

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Cz Allianz Promotion vi invita al secondo appuntameto dell’11a stagione del Dutty Summer, una di quelle serate dove #anythingcanhappen !!!” Dopo il party di apertura assieme a Lampa Dread (OLHP), Panza (Supersonic) & Pakkia Crew, questa settimana è dedicata all’arte del mixing/djing e del soundclash! Ospiti di questa settimana (come la scorsa) sound e djs vincitori dei più importanti, prestigiosi e recenti soundclash e contest a livello italiano e mondiale degli ultimi mesi.

● Mercoledì 02 Agosto ● Dutty Summer “Champions Night” with:

▶︎ DJ DELTA (Red Bull Thre3Style Italian Champion 2016 🇮🇹 ) Campione italiano e finalista mondiale del RED BULL THRE3STYLE 2016, la più spettacolare competizione fra DJs al mondo che ogni anno raduna i migliori performers di tutte le nazioni offrendo showcase mozzafiato!!!

DJ Delta http://www.djdelta.it https://soundcloud.com/dj-delta-one https://www.youtube.com/user/ignaziocamarda

▶︎ YARD BEAT (“The Japanese Warrior – from Yokohama, Japan 🇯🇵 ) Vincitori del BOOM ALL STAR SoundClash 2017, e partecipanti, appena due settimane fa, al REGGAE SUMFEST Soundclash, due tra i più importanti soundclash in Jamaica svolti negli ultimi mesi!!!

YARD BEAT http://www.yardbeatsound.com/ https://soundcloud.com/yard-beat-sound https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWYgQdMFUSRmbqtJkX1WIHA

Open act: ▶︎ DJ MDEE (“Notorious Dj” contest Champion 🇮🇹 ) DJ MDee https://soundcloud.com/dj_mdee

Early Fire: ▶︎ CZ ALLIANZ TEAM Cz Allianz Promotion

@ Circle Clubbin’side Lungomare di Soverato – Catanzaro

Infoline: 380 7557781 Entry: 7€

🇯🇲 😎 💣 💥 🔥 🔊

Gpx by ✍🏼 Simonluca Urbanmagic

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DJ DELTA: DJ stilisticamente poliedrico, unisce una profonda conoscenza musicale ad una tecnica avanzata di scratch e mixing. I suoi dj set si distinguono per lo stile serratissimo delle selezioni fatte di cambi, jugglins e mix molto rapidi. Protagonista della scena black siciliana da oltre 20 anni, ha collaborato con diversi gruppi Hip Hop nazionali e internazionali quali Barile+Gheesa, Big Joe & Johnny Marsiglia, Mr.Phil, Stokka&MadBuddy, Dj Double S, Adriano Bono e partecipato alla realizzazione di album e mixtape a tiratura nazionale. Esperto di musica Funk, Soul, Hip Hop e Reggae, dalle radici ad oggi, sa muoversi trasversalmente costruendo live set sempre diversi.

Campione italiano e finalista mondiale del Red Bull Thre3Style 2016, la più spettacolare competizione fra DJs al mondo che ogni anno raduna i migliori performers di tutte le nazioni offrendo showcase mozzafiato.

E’ stato il dj ufficiale degli Shakalab, collettivo di musica Reggae-Hip Hop con cui ha realizzato due album (“Duepuntozero” – 2016 e “Tutto Sbagliato” – 2014), e ha portato in giro per l’Italia coinvolgenti live show e attesissimi concerti.

Nel 2015 pubblica insieme a DJ Double S il mixtape “ComboKlat”, una selezione che fonde HipHop e Reggae impreziosita dalla partecipazione dei nomi di punta della scena Reggae nazionale, come i Sud Sound System, i BoomDaBash, Mama Marjas, Brusco, e internazionale come Alborosie. Nel 2017, sempre con DJ Double S, pubblica il volume due di ComboKlat, che anche in questo caso vanta partecipazioni eccellenti come Ensi, Danno, Zuli, Payà, Marcolizzo.

Avido collezionista di vinili e instancabile digger, è stato ospite di importanti manifestazioni (come il Red Bull BC-ONE, il Tour the Forst, il Cici Film Festival, il Sunrise Festival, il PLAS, il Salina Doc Festival, il Be There or Be Square, Alcart, Inycon Festival ecc.) e guest in alcuni fra i più importanti clubs italiani (come il Demodè di Bari, il Club Partenopeo di Napoli, l’Urban di Perugia, l’Ecs Dogana di Catania ecc.) e internazionali (come il Gate 7 di Zurigo, il Casino Club di Madeira, ecc.). Convinto che il dj sia ormai un musicista a tutti gli effetti, pensa che la musica sia fatta dalle persone e non dagli strumenti musicali: poco importa che si abbia in mano un plettro o un crossfader, l’importante è che sia buona musica. Attualmente i suoi set spaziano dai suoni classici dell’Hip Hop e del Reggae al sound più moderno di matrice Trap/FutureDancehall/Moombahton.

YARD BEAT: Yard Beat was founded in 2007 in Yokohama Japan. The members of Yard Beat are the following Desem (Mc/ Selector/ Owner), Mitch (Mc/ Selector_NY Member), Lion (Selector/Mc_NY Member), Masa (Selector), Vito (Selector_Italy Member) and Holy Box crew (sound system engineers). Starting 2008, Yard Beat had the show with Bounty Killer, Elephant Man, Busy Signal, Munga, Pressure, Alaine, Sanchez, Marcia Griffiths, Bushman, Black Kat, Stone Love and Bass Odyssey in Japan. Also touring 27 places throughout Japan in three months. Appearance in Germany for Sentinel’s famous “Kingston Hot” event in 2009. In 2009, Yard Beat played for Global Clash in Brooklyn against Black Kat, Super Sonic, Tek-9, and Synemaxx. Promoting the Sound Clash tour in 5 cities called “Sound War 2K9” with other sounds and made a new history in Japan. Yard Beat has won the title three times consecutively and became the Sound War 2K9 champion. Starting the summer of 2009, Yard Beat has been playing for Xclusive radio ( FM 97.5 in Brooklyn ) every Monday night in New York City with Tek-9 for two years and played the front act for the show such as Tarrus Riley, Sanchez and Brooklyn Music Fest 2010 with all the greats. In 2010 for the first time in over a decade in Japan for one on one clash called “Dead this time” against a sound called Rock Desire from Osaka was booked and was a big success and made a extremely strong impression. December 3, 2010 in Brooklyn NYC Yard Beat participated in Global Clash against King Addies, Super Sonic, Black Kat, and Rootsman. Yard Beats first time going to war in Germany was in 2011 for the clash called “Modern Warfare” in Berlin and took the trophy over “City Lock Sound” Berlin’s home team favorite. Finishing off 2011 strong Yard Beat had an impressive showing at the “Brooklyn Show Down ~The Good The Bad The Ugly~” clash becoming victorious over Blunt Posse from the Bronx and Black Blunt Sound out of Negril Jamaica. Starting off 2012 sharp as a sword Yard Beat proved to be the better sound defeating Barrier Free in their hometown of Osaka in the clash called ” Who a di baddest Japanese Sound Killer” For the second time in Europe, Yard Beat decided to participate for the biggest sound clash in Europe in 2013. “War In The East” in Enschede Holland against Kosmik Movements from Brooklyn NY and the veteran Sentinel Sound from Stuttgart Germany. June 2, 2012 Yard Beat returns to Brooklyn for one of the most controversial clash yet against Justice from Jacksonville Florida and Orijahnal Vibes from Brooklyn. Due to the confusion of last minute rule change in tune fi tune Orijahnal Vibes ended up the victor but more importantly Yard Beat Sound won over the clash fans letting them know Yard Beat is still on top the frontline. In 2016, Yard Beat toured Europe in the summer time and performed at Rototom Sunsplash and Overjam Festival and all other countries in Europe. Also, Yard Beat was the first Japanese sound to perform officially in Africa for Sashamani Anniversary alongside Romain Virgo. Yard Beat had spent most of times touring outside of Japan in 2016 to expose the sound. In 2017, Yard Beat had decided to participate Boom Sound clash in Jamaica sponsored by Boon Energy Drink. Yard Beat gave a strong impression for the first clash defeating Renaissance from Jamaica by locking off and took next 2 clash defeating Ruff Cut and Rebel Tone from Canada with creativity of their custom dubplates. At the final round, defeated one of the baddest active sound clash sound Bass Odyssey and became the 2017 Boom clash champion. This clash is definitely one of the most controversial clash of the year but Yard Beat had proved to the world that music has no border and most importantly it is about the passion and teamwork makes a dream work. Yard Beat Brings a positive and energetic vibe along with a variety of selections and will keep playing for the people who love Reggae music and prove that music has no border to spread Reggae music worldwide.

DJ MDEE: Nato nel 1992. Ha la musica nel sangue da sempre, comincia a 10 anni a utilizzare i primi software per il mixaggio. A 18 anni incomincia la vera e propria carriera, esibendosi in quasi tutti i club della sua città. Influenzato dal mondo della black music, prende parte a quasi tutti gli hip hop show della sua città, esibendosi a fianco di Nitro, Salmo, Club Dogo, Mezzosangue, Coez, Gue Pequeno, e tanti altri. Nel 2012 fonda insieme ad un amico Badda Cutter Sound, composto da due dj che inizialmente intraprendono la sound system culture, per poi, negli anni, avvicinarsi alle sfumature più innovative ed elettroniche della black music, esibendosi come resident al Don Pedro (Soverato),Scogliera di Pietragrande (Montepaone) e in quasi tutti i live di Eman, cantante di origini calabresi che successivamente arriverà a firmare con Sony music. L’estate 2014 cambiò la concezione della musica per Mattia, grazie all’incontro con alcuni top dj italiani come : Dj Tayone, Dj Jay K. Sempre nel 2014 frequenta i corsi online della Qbert scratch Accademy di Dj Qbert, il più forte scratch dj al mondo e, spinto dalla passione di vecchia data per il turntablism, decide di intraprende la strada del dj/performer. Nel settembre 2015 si trasferisce a Milano, e per la prima volta si esibisce fuori dalla propria regione. Dopo soli 3 mesi, diventa resident Dj del DROP party, e successivamente vince il Notorious Dj contest all’Alcatraz (MI), dove si esibisce a fianco di grossi artisti del panorama italiano come : Boom da Bash, Two Fingerz, J-ax , Fedez ed altri. L’affermazione del Drop nel venerdì sera milanese lo porta nel tempo ad esibirsi nei locali più importanti: Vibe Room, Tube Club, Hollywood, Casa della Musica e nei primi mesi del 2017 diventa guest dj di “Snobiety”, altro format hip hop che si svolge a Torino (Quasar Club)

● Next stops: ▶︎ 07.08 w/ AIDONIA ▶︎ 09.08 w/ HERB-A-LIZE IT & TARANCHYLA ▶︎ 16.08 w/ JAMIE RODIGAN & FRISCO SOUND

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