{"id":9214,"date":"2011-08-18T15:28:26","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T19:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=9214"},"modified":"2011-08-18T14:35:16","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T18:35:16","slug":"beenie-man-to-receive-proclamation-from-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=9214","title":{"rendered":"Beenie Man To Receive Proclamation From New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamaican reggae artist <strong>Beenie Man<\/strong> will be presented with a proclamation from US <strong>Councilman Leroy Comrie<\/strong>, for over three decades of outstanding contribution to the reggae industry.<\/p>\n<p>The official presentation will take place at the inaugural Reggae Rhythm &amp; Blues Concert slated for Roy Wilkins Park in Queens, New York on Labor Day Sunday, September 4, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Beenieman<\/strong> has an impressive catalogue of timeless hit songs,&#8221; said <strong>Bobby Clarke<\/strong>, CEO of Irie Jam Radio. &#8220;He is a celebrated dancehall recorder, a seasoned performer and is worth of this very important United States recognition, especially since he has just received his visa and can travel freely to the USA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beenie Man<\/strong> is best known for his hit songs &#8220;<em>Matie<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Who Am I<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Girls Dem Sugar<\/em>&#8221; featuring <strong>Mya<\/strong> and for his appearance on <strong>T.I.&#8217;<\/strong>s 2001 hit &#8220;<em>I&#8217;m Serious<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamaican reggae artist Beenie Man will be presented with a proclamation from US Councilman Leroy Comrie, for over three decades of outstanding contribution to the reggae industry. The official presentation will take place at the inaugural Reggae Rhythm &amp; Blues Concert slated for Roy Wilkins Park in Queens, New York on Labor Day Sunday, September [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}