by Howard Campbell
LAUDERHILL – Teejay, the Jamaican dancehall star who scored a significant hit single in 2023 with Drift, is one in all three artists nominated in seven classes for this yr’s Worldwide Reggae And World Music Awards (IRAWMA) which takes place March 22 on the Lauderhill Performing Arts Middle in Lauderhill.
The Montego Bay-born artist bought these nods on the power of the music Drift which additionally did properly in hip hop circles.
Sean Paul and Masicka additionally earned seven calls. The trio, together with Popcaan and Valiant, will contest the Peter Tosh Recording Artist of The 12 months class.
Teejay’s Nominations:
- Gregory Isaacs Award for Greatest Tune
- Greatest Crossover Tune (Drift with Davido)
- U-Roy Award for Greatest Male Dancehall/DJ Rapper
- Onstage TV Award for Greatest Dancehall Stagecraft Entertainer
- Dancehall Performer of the 12 months
- Greatest Collaborated Tune (Reggae with R&B, Rap, Latin, and many others.)
Byron Messia, Popcaan and Burna Boy of Nigeria, every obtained 5 nominations.
Born in Jamaica however raised in St. Kitts and Nevis, Byron Messia has 5 nominations. His Talibans was one other large dancehall hit embraced by main artists like Drake and Burna Boy.
The IRAWMA judges nominated Byron Messia within the following classes:
- Gregory Isaacs Award for Greatest Tune
- Greatest Crossover Tune
- Greatest New Entertainer
- Greatest Collaborated Tune (Reggae with R&B, Rap, Latin, and many others.) (Talibans II)
- Greatest Music Video (Talibans II)
Particulars of the 41st IRAWMA had been introduced on January 25 at Chateau Mar Golf Resort Lodge in Fort Lauderdale by Jamaican Ephraim Martin who began the present in Chicago in 1982.
IRAWMA Nomination Classes
This yr will see awards handed out in 40 classes together with a number of named for excellent reggae acts. Along with the Gregory Isaacs Award, they’re Toots Hibbert Award for Greatest Album/CD, Mutabaruka Award for Greatest Poet/Spoken Phrase Entertainer, Bunny Wailer Award for Most Cultural/Academic Entertainer and Dennis Brown Award for Most Promising Entertainer.
Diamond Awards can be offered to singers Freddie McGregor and Jacob Miller (posthumously). The latter, lead vocalist of the Internal Circle Band, died in March, 1980 at age 27.
5 acts are chosen for Florida Entertainer of The 12 months (Native — Reggae/World Music). They’re Causion, Code Purple Band, Sons Of Mystro, Visions Band and Yosefus.
Voters at irawma.com will decide the winners of every class.
