Visually impaired, Jamaican-born, New York-based artist Nigy Boy, a dynamic dancehall singer who rose from humble beginnings in Montego Bay, Jamaica, to develop into a world celebrity with hit singles “Continent,” “Karma,” and “Goodness of God,” has been hailed as “an Ambassador for Jamaica” by Mayor of Montego Bay Richard Vernon.
“Nigy Boy is a job mannequin and an Ambassador for Jamaica and St James,” Vernon stated in a Caribbean Life interview on Friday.
“Nigy Boy is the epitome of somebody who doesn’t enable his circumstances to outline him.
“That is somebody who works onerous on his craft as an entertainer and has been capable of stability a busy efficiency/recording schedule together with his educational pursuits,” the mayor added.
Vernon made these feedback days earlier than he was scheduled to current the “Continent Boss” with the Mayor’s Particular Sam Sharpe Award on the St. James Municipal Company Nationwide Heroes Day Civic Ceremony on Oct. 21 on the Sam Sharpe Sq. in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Sam Sharpe is one in all seven Nationwide Heroes of Jamaica.
“This award (to Nigy Boy) represents a king being honored in his personal nation,” Vernon stated.
“I really feel a way of nice pleasure to know that I am being honored by the mayor of the town I used to be born in,” an elated Nigy Boy advised Caribbean Life.
“To at the present time, it’s mind-boggling how a lot I’ve been capable of accomplish since establishing a foothold within the music business, particularly since I’ve solely not too long ago risen to reputation,” he added.
