2012 Chutney Soca Monarch King - K.I. Persaud Trinidad’s Kris ‘KI’ Persad has officially taken the reigns as king for this years Chutney Soca Monarch Competition with his latest track “Single Forever”
happy with the decision of Southex Promotions’ George Singh to include a clause in the Chutney Soca Monarch competiton that limits “rum song” lyrics.
The Contriversal lyrics from the song may have upset some, but has definitely become a hit at the finals.
This years theme at the competition was meant to reflect Caribbean spirit, Caribbean music and Caribbean people.
The 25-year-old, who has kept a hectic schedule for this years Carnival, said the song was co-written with his father Veerendra Persad, leader of the famous band JMC 3Veni.
The competition was one of the first in 17 years to allow a major participation from Guyanese artistes.
KI said he didn’t believe the tune would receive so much attention, but he is
Top three results for the finals: 1 - KI with 36,737 text votes 2 - Rikki Jai with 32,731 votes 3 - Rick Ramoutar with 3,982 votes
Pop icon Whitney Houston dead at 48
LOS ANGELES (NYT) -- Whitney Houston, the multimillion-selling singer who emerged in the 1980s as one of her generation’s greatest R & B voices, only to deteriorate through years of cocaine use and an abusive marriage, died on Saturday in Beverly Hills, Calif. She was 48.
Ms. Houston was — for all her difficulties over the years — one of its queens. She was staying at the Beverly Hilton hotel on Saturday to attend a pre-Grammy party being hosted by Clive Davis, the founder of Arista Records, who had been her pop mentor.
Her death came as the music industry descended on Los Angeles for the annual celebration of the Gram my Awards, and
Ms. Houston was found in her room at 3:55 p.m., and paramedics spent close to 20 minutes trying to revive her, the authorities said. There was no immediate word
on the cause of her death, but the authorities said there were no signs of foul play. From the start of her career more than two decades ago, Ms. Houston had the talent, looks and pedigree of a pop superstar. She was the daughter of Cissy Houston, a gospel and pop singer who had backed up Aretha Franklin, and the cousin of Dionne Warwick. (Ms. Franklin is Ms. Houston’s godmother.)
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