By Narissa Van Cooten PRIDE Guest Writer TORONTO, Ontario — Blacklisted is a first time combined artistic showcase between two of Toronto’s most significant creative minds, Malcolm-Emilio Yarde and Kalmplex. The collection is currently on exhibit at D-Beatstro located at ...
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Feed Subscription“Me And Mrs Jones” Singer, Billy Paul, Dead At 81
NEW JERSEY, US — Born Paul Williams on December 1, 1934 and later renamed Billy Paul, the award-winning Soul and R&B crooner died from pancreatic cancer, on Monday afternoon, April 24, at his home in the Blackwood section of Gloucester ...
Read More »Scarberia: Play Links Mystery In Two Scarboroughs In Different Countries
By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer A Review: The world premiere of “Scarberia,” a riveting mystery commissioned by Young People’s Theatre (YPT) and workshopped at the Banff Centre Playwrights Colony, is now on at the theatre in Toronto. Written by ...
Read More »An Interview With Talented Artist, Tatiana Poblah
By Narissa Van Cooten PRIDE Guest Writer Tatiana Poblah is a Montreal-based artist of Haitian and Beninese descent. Her beautiful illustrations ooze bright colours, femininity, and style. (Be warned…it’s hard to take your eyes off of them!) In an exclusive ...
Read More »Pop Superstar Prince Dies At 57
Pop superstar Prince was found dead at his Paisley Park recording studio and home in Chanhassen, Minnesota on Thursday, his publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure, told The Associated Press. He was 57. The Carver County Sheriff’s Office told TMZ that Prince was ...
Read More »Soca Star, Machel Montana, Sues T&T Telecommunication Company
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr. 20, (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago Soca star, Machel Montano, is seeking more than two million (One TT dollar =US$0.16 cents) in compensation, after claiming that the state-owned telecommunication company had suspended a sponsorship deal ...
Read More »Leroy Sibbles To Headline Sunday Jam Concert Series
By Michael Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher/Editor TORONTO, Ontario — Veteran Jamaican-Canadian reggae musician, songwriter and producer, Leroy Sibbles, is coming home to Toronto to perform a rare, Sunday afternoon concert. Sibbles, dubbed “The Legend”, flies into Toronto, from Jamaica, on ...
Read More »Renowned Music Video Director, Director X, To Receive Special Achievement Award From Prism Prize
By Michael Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher/Editor TORONTO, Ontario — Director X, known better as Little X, and who is reported to have a net worth of $5 million, will receive the Prism Prize’s Special Achievement Award, next month. Each year, ...
Read More »Exco Levi To Get Star On Brampton’s Art Walk Of Fame
By Michael Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher/Editor BRAMPTON, Ontario, April 14 — Multiple award-winning Reggae songwriter and entertainer, Exco Levi, whose real name is Wayne Ford Levy, will be honoured by the city of Brampton, later this year, the city announced ...
Read More »N.W.A Inducted Into Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
By Narissa Van Cooten PRIDE Guest Writer On April 8 at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in New York, legendary Compton hip-hop group, N.W.A, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. BBC News reported that the group is “just ...
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