Sean Paul and Shaggy will headline a December 12 live performance in New York to assist elevate funds for Jamaica’s Hurricane Melissa restoration efforts.
Sean Paul and Shaggy are set to guide a star-studded profit live performance at UBS Enviornment in New York on December 12 to lift funds for victims of Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica.
The occasion, dubbed Jamaica Sturdy, will characteristic a lineup of Caribbean heavyweights together with Interior Circle, Ky-Mani Marley and KES the Band. The present goals to channel proceeds towards restoration efforts by a number of organizations, together with Shaggy‘s Make A Distinction Basis, Sean Paul’s supported nonprofit Meals for the Poor, the Irie Jam Radio Basis and the Jamaican consulate’s help applications.
Organized in partnership with the Jamaican authorities and cultural teams like Jammins Occasions, Irie Jam Radio and Roadblock Radio, the live performance is being positioned as greater than only a musical gathering.
“That is greater than a live performance — it’s a motion,” stated occasion producer George Crooks. “Each ticket bought instantly helps rebuilding lives, properties, and hope in Jamaica.”
Tickets go on sale November 14 through Ticketmaster.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Shaggy described the dire state of affairs on the bottom after the hurricane ravaged elements of Jamaica. He stated, “Persons are homeless. There’s no operating water, there’s no electrical energy, there’s no shelter. They have been sleeping on the streets. We got here in final evening, we gave out water, we gave out meals. There are literally our bodies trapped in properties that folks haven’t been capable of clear.”
The Grammy-winning artist personally organized for personal planes to ship pressing provides, together with meals, water and medical gear to affected areas. Sean Paul additionally stepped in by matching donations to spice up the aid push.
Regardless of the destruction, Shaggy praised the island’s unity and resilience.
“One factor about Jamaicans, we’re resilient and we’re all gathering,” he stated. “Even happening yesterday, there have been folks from the neighborhood that have been clearing the roads for us and serving to us to get in. All of them helped us to arrange in Black River. The group can also be helping us.”
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