To sell dancehall Shaggyartist diamonds, the festivities of home suffered over the weekend in Jamaica were also soft that his new single "sugar cane." "

On Saturday, "Mr. Boombastic" resumed its melodic reggae sounds to the island that made him famous, performing a free show from his Jamaican countrymen with the help of a few other notable reggae stars. The concert, called "Shaggy and friends" came on the heels of the release of her tenth studio album, summer at Kingston.

"This is home." It is my hometown. This is where I was born, I grew up, "Shaggy told MTV News, issue of the representation." "This is where I live now." I really wanted to the international audience to come and see what we really are. This reggae music dancehall is alive, this reggae music is alive and well. "There is an audience here.

Hundreds of fans lined Knutsford Boulevard from 7 h to the show, who obtained by virtue of how a few hours later. The smell of the Jamaican and one certain green leaf blown through the humid air as Bounty Killer, Elephant Man, Chino, Di Genius, Agent Sasco, Christopher Martin, leftside, QQ and other heats up the stage for Shaggy.

Producer Di Genius, the evening was another time brilliant in the musical career of the superstar. "To have such huge show like this in the streets of the Jamaica is certainly revolutionary, but it goes hand in hand with the type of artist that [Shaggy], is" Genius said. "" "". Shaggy has been ground breaking over the years. Shaggy is a sale to 9 million of the dancehall artist, and this is something that is really not normal. "Certainly revolutionary event for the country".

The day before, Shaggy capped a week of promotional activities in support of his "feel-good album", as he described, with a performance on "The Tonight Show to Jay Leno." Shaggy opens the clip for his crossover single "sugar cane" as the intro of Saturday last show. This week, Shaggy embarqueront in an international run to further support the album, but for reggae legend, it is the most natural moments such as the epic concert at the end of this week that define him as an artist.

"This is home," Shaggy declared. "" "". And you're nowhere unless you are respected at home. »

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