Ky-Mani has high expectations for Smile Jamaica concert
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Friday | February 22, 2008
Sadeke Brooks, Gleaner Writer
Ky-Mani Marley - Contributed
Ky-Mani Marley says he has high expectations for the 'Smile Jamaica - Africa Unite' concert tomorrow at the James Bond Beach in St Mary.
He says the audience can expect to receive "high energy, high intensity and a lot of crowd participation" from his performance.
While he plans to give the audience a good presentation, he says the concert means something special to him.
"It means everything to me. Whenever I get a chance to be able to be on stage and perform with my brothers to carry on my father's legacy, there is a strong feeling and an emotion that is also present. It shows unity among siblings and shows what we do, as brothers, to continue our father's legacy and spreading that message of unity," said Ky-Mani, who is the second youngest of Bob Marley's children.
Great significance
The concert has great significance in Ky-Mani's life, but he says he hopes it will be meaningful to those who attend.
"I encourage people to come for the festivities and there will be great performances. I want them to come for what it stands for. I would love for them to come for what it means and not just who will be on it," he said.
This upcoming performance comes on the heels of the success that he has been receiving on the international scene. Ky-Mani currently has a reality TV show, 'Life as a Marley', that has been airing on BET since October 2007.
"For some time, the show has been in the number four spot on BET. We are looking forward to recording some more episodes. The responses have definitely been good and people are patiently waiting for the next episodes, so we are definitely working on getting that together," he said.
He also released his third album, in September last year. Ky-Mani says that the album has been doing well and is still being promoted.
SMILE FACTS
Today we present the final 'fact' ahead of the Gleaner-sponsored Bob Marley tribute concert, Smile Jamaica, to be held tomorrow at the James Bond Beach, Oracabessa, St Mary. Read the facts and get a chance to win tickets to the event.
2 Face Idibia
Idibia hails from the Idoma tribe in the southern part of Benue State in central Nigeria. He studied briefly at the Institute of Management & Technology, Enugu, one of the country's foremost higher institutions of learning, where he did his preliminary national diploma course in business administration.
Black Uhuru
Black Uhuru was the leading second-generation reggae vocal group and was formed in Jamaica in 1974 by Euvin 'Don Carlos' Spencer, Rudolph 'Garth' Dennis, and Derrick 'Duckie' Simpson. These three grew up in the famed Waterhouse district of Kingston, Jamaica (a hotbed for reggae artistes over the years). After a couple of years the group grew apart, as Don Carlos went on to a solo career and Garth Dennis went on to sing with another great Waterhouse group, the Wailing Souls.
