Today, the 66th Grammy Awards takes place in Los Angeles at Crypto.com Arena. Last year, Kabaka Pyramid attended the event at that venue and copped the Best Reggae Album award for The Kalling. The roots singjay told the Jamaica Observer last week that winning music’s biggest award has “changed my life completely”, with his stocks soaring since the 2023 Grammys. “Everything is up, everything has changed for all sectors of.
King of the Dancehall, Beenie Man, will be represented by his manager at this Sunday’s Grammy Awards ceremony in the United States as the dancehall icon’s ongoing visa woes prohibit him from travelling. Beenie Man’s album Simma is one of five.
For the 66th Grammy Award, five albums, namely Born For Greatness (Buju Banton); Simma (Beenie Man); Cali Roots Riddim 2023 (Collie Buddz); No Destroyer (Burning Spear); and Colors of Royal (Julian Marley and Antaeus) are vying for the coveted gong.
Veteran roots-reggae singer and two-time Grammy winner Burning Spear said win or lose, he is ‘happy’ to be nominated in the Best Reggae Album category of the 66th Grammy Awards, slated for February 4. “It’s a good feeling knowing that you were.