Chance the Rapper hopes to host Black Star Line festival in Jamaica

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Chance the Rapper hopes the second staging of his Black Star Line Festival will be held in Jamaica. The next staging is scheduled for January 2024

The rapper made the disclosure on Monday night during an interview on The Tonight Show, hosted by Jimmy Fallon

“We’re actually thinking about hosting the next one in Kingston, Jamaica,” Chance said of the Black Star Line fest

The Black Star Line Festival, co-promoted by Vic Mensa, was inspired by civil rights leader Marcus Garvey’s Black Star Line, founded in 1919 and operated by Black people who helped link global shipping and tourism opportunities

Jamaica’s Kingston Creative has partnered with the Inter-American Development Bank and IDB Lab, the Tourism Enhancement Fund, and the Development Bank of Jamaica to launch the ‘Kulcha Connect’ app Kulcha Connect is an insider guide to curated Jamaican cultural experiences If a creative entrepreneur has an amazing product, is hosting a live event, or giving a tour, the app connects them with a ready target audience and also offers easy online

between America, the Caribbean, and Africa

More than 52,000 people are said to have attended the first festival, which took place in Ghana in January

Among the performers on the lineup were Erykah Badu, Dave Chappelle, T-Pain, Jeremih, Sarkodie, Tobe Nwigwe, Asakaa Boys, and M anifest

Chance the Rapper is also set to join season 23 of The Voice, for which he is the newest coach, and will also release his new album, Star Line Gallery later this year

Among the rapper ’ s hit songs are Angles, No Problem, I Might Need Security, Confident featuring Justin Bieber, and Best Life featuring Cardi B

To date, Chance the Rapper has sold more than 10 million singles in North America

Popular Jamaican DJ Arif Cooper has died

Popular Jamaican disc jockey and record producer Arif Cooper has died after reportedly collapsing while on the job at a party in St Andrew early Sunday morning.

Cooper is the son of Michael ‘Ibo’ Cooper, the founder of the iconic Jamaican reggae group, Third World Cooper was married to media personality, Simone Clarke The two have since divorced but shared a daughter Many have expressed shock on social media surrounding his passi d h hailed the DJ as one of the industry

The DJ was introduced and began DJing at house par 1990s

As a radio broadcaster, A severed more than two decade as a broadcaster and DJ

He has also worked alo Jamaican artistes, including Wayne Marshall, and Sean music producer

One of his last musical p tions was entitled, ‘So Muc Give Thanks For’, featur Ginjah