Nine Jamaican artists will be recognized with the Bob Marley Peace Award within the framework of the version 44 del Tribute To The Reggae Legends, to be held between the 21 Y 22 February at the Worldbeat Cultural Center in San Diego, California.
The founder of the annual event, Makeda “Dread” Cheatom, stated that the winners will be Sister Nancy, Johnny Osbourne, Little John, Michael Palmer, Ranking Joe, Triston Palmer, Etana, Warrior King, In addition to posthumous recognition for Toots Hibbert, prize that your child will collect, Junior Toots.
Tribute To The Reggae Legends is a celebration of the rich legacy of reggae and its message of unity and peace and originally originated as a festival organized by Prophet World Beat Productions to honor Bob Marley.. Over time it became a massive event with reggae lovers from all over.
These are two days of a lot of reggae, being saturday 22 February the main day when Bob Marley Day takes place, which will feature presentations by Sister Nancy, Johnny Osbourne, Little John, Triston Palmer, Etana, Warrior King Y Junior Toots paying tribute to his father, who will join Divine Empress, Fifth Sun, Revival and Mara Sulu.
While on Friday 21 There will be a sound system night at a Virgin Islands meeting with Jamaica (Virgin Islands Meets Jamaica in Soundsystem) with Dezarie y Ninjah P by the virginians, with Ranking Joe y Michael Palmer waving jamaican flag. The singer from Belize will join them Indian Ras.
Warrior King: Receiving this award is much better than any dream
One of the award-winning artists, Warrior King, He was excited to obtain the award he will receive next month.
“I can't find words to describe how honored I feel to be recognized in such a meaningful way.. Bob Marley inspired me, so to receive an award named after him… I can't even say it's a dream come true, because I never had a dream like that. But this reality is much better than any dream I could have had”, said the singer to Jamaica Gleaner.
