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Listen to BLACKKINGKOFI’s New Single “Tropics”

Haleema Khan — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 20:57:30 +0000

Toronto artist BLACKKINGKOFI recently released a slew of new music recently but now, his latest dance/rap hybrid uptempo number “Tropics” is catching some traction, especially in his native of Trinidad & Tobago. It forces you to dance, get up and stay up. We caught up with him recently to get some insight into the phenomenon and he had plenty to say:

“I heard the beat for Tropics by a producer called Bravestar instantly the melody for the hook came to my head. I began writing to it and came up with the first verse which is all based on real-life events. I lost countless friends back in Trinidad to gun violence and over gambling dice and cards and other gang-related beefs”

The hybrid nature of his music is an often asked question:

“I feel like it’s the first hip-hop song you could play at Caribana. In a generation full of clones and look alikes I want to be myself and make the music i enjoy.”

Although a Torontonian, he definitely sounds a “certain” way: “my accent is from four years of moving back to Canada, I feel like my Trinidadian accent evolved with the Toronto lingo which created my “sound” – It got crazy when I linked up with Trinidadian comedian Wetman Kenrick (who is gaining 1k + followers a day on all his socials) did a viral parody video to the song and now the whole island knows the song.” The track was released in Feb 2019 and has done 200k streams independently. Listen to it below and follow BLACKKINGKOFI on Instagram to keep up with his latest updates.

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New Music: A$AP Ferg – “Petit Valley”

RESPECT. Staff — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 14:20:42 +0000

From New York to Trinidad, people from all of A$AP Ferg‘s recent destinations should be delighted. Ferg just dropped a tropic freestyle over Bunji Garlin’s “Carnival Tabanaca.” The Trap Lord visited Trinidad for Carnival 2014 and recently shared the artwork for “Petit Valley” via his Instagram account. Ferg also expressed his sincere gratitude for the opportunity to cover the track.

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Video: Nicki Minaj talks HIV/AIDS, Grammys on GMA

RESPECT. Staff — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:39:58 +0000

Nicki Minaj and Ricky Marin sat down with Robin Roberts on Good Morning America to discuss their new line of MAC Cosmetics, where 100% of the proceeds go to fighting HIV/AIDS. The subject hits close to home for Nicki, as a close family member in her home country of Trinidad fell victim to AIDS.

100%? Much RESPECT. for that.

~~Roman~~ ~~Martha~~ Nicki also went into detail on her highly-scrutinized Grammy performance and what she intended the audience to get out of it. She talked about how she intended for it to be a bit “ridiculous,” as it all goes to help explain her Roman character.

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