2 of the huge winners at the current International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center in were Teejay and Byron Messia.
They each took home 3 awards when the stars came out to commemorate the 41st staging of the occasion on March 22.
Teejay took home the Gregory Isaacs Award for Best Song for “Drift,” the U-Roy Award for finest male DJ/Rapper, and the very best teamed up tune (reggae with R&B, Rap, Latin” for the “Drift remix” with Davida.
Byron Messia recorded the awards for the very best brand-new performer and The Best crossover tune with “Talibans”, along with Best Music Video from “Talibans II”, with Burna Boy.
The night likewise saw Christopher Martin take home 2 awards, the Jacob Miller Award for Best Male Vocalist and the Hon Shelvin LM Hall & & Hon L Pricilla Hall Award for Best Gospel Song “Goodness of God.”
Sean Paul likewise won huge by catching 2 awards for Emperor of Reggae & & World Music Hon Bob Marley Award for Entertainer of the Year and the Peter Tosh Award for Recording Artist of the Year.
Pablo YG likewise took home 2 awards for Best teen performer (13-19 years) and the Dennis Brown award for many appealing performer.
Finest Social Media Entertainer Influence and Best Female/DJ Rapper went to Spice.
“It was certainly a remarkable night, specifically having the ability to bestow the honour on such prestigious people who have actually contributed a lot to reggae music; their fantastic contribution will leave an enduring mark on all of us. To see all these greats put together on one night was really an event of reggae music and definitely warms my heart,” stated Ephraim Martin, creator and executive manufacturer of the awards.
Among the highlights of the night was Sharon Marley carrying out an unique homage to her mom Dr Alferita Marley, who got the Philanthropist Award.
There were likewise 14 other receivers of Special Honours, that included The IRAWMA Diamond Award, which existed to Freddie McGreggor, who travelled from kid star to a daddy of Jamaica and Reggae music for over 60 years. The Lifetime Achievement Honours existed to: Glen Washington, for 60 years in the market; Chris Chin, VP Records, for 58 years’ and Papa San, for over 40 years in the market.
The Marcus Garvey Humanitarian Award went to the Sharon Wiles Foundation.
The IRAWMA Awards of Honour for Outstanding and Unique Contributions to the Music Industry went to: Tullah Carter, Clinton Lindsay, Honorebel previously Honorebel Apache, Mr Vegas, Paul Rossi Lee and Amy Wachtel. The Community Humanitarian Award existed to D’Angel.
Another amazing minute was when it was revealed that Attorney Benjamin L Crump would get the Freedom Fighter Award.
Other recipients for the night were Best Female Vocalist, Etana; Toots Hibbert Award for Best Album/CD “No Destroyer” Burning Spear; Best EP (extended Play) Recording “From Me to You” Valiant; Best Calypso/Soca Entertainer, Patrice Roberts; Onstage Television Award for Best Dancehall Stagecraft Entertainer, Dexta Daps; Best Singjay Entertainer, Chronic Law; Dancehall Performer of the year Masicka; Best Latin– Reggae Oriented Entertainer, Bad Bunny; Best African Dancehall Entertainer, Stone Boy; Best Afrobeat Entertainer, Wiz Kid; Best African Entertainer, Burna Boy; Best Reggae Rock Entertainer, SOJA; Mutabaruka Award for Best Poet/Spoken Word Entertainer, Marcia Jackson; Bunny Wailer Award for– Most Cultural Educational Entertainer Gramps Morgan; Best Instrumentalist-sponsored, Dean Fraser; Best Sound System/DJ, Stone Love; Most Outstanding Dance Group, Uptek Dance Academy; Jean BP DuSable Award for Best Haitian Entertainer – Roody Roodboy; Record Producer of the Year, Dunwell Production; Comedian of the Year,
Julie Mango; Concert of the Year, Reggae Sumfest.
On Stage television’s Winford Williams took home the very best Social Media Content Creator influencer award, Florida Entertainer of the Year went to Sons of Mystro, Florida Best Party DJ was DJ Rufus, while the very best IRAWMA tune went to Ajaeze and 25 years of Outstanding Contributions to African Music, Dance and Culture and, as IRAWMA’s Ambassador to Africa, that award went to Grace Haukwa.