Countries:
Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago
Topics:
Arts & Culture, Music, Entertainment

Applauding Jamaican dancehall star Sean Paul's triumph at the American Music Awards, caroline.neisha at the Caribbean Beat weblog expresses hopes that Trinidadian artists will one day achieve similar success: “I don't think our culture needs to be validated or recognised by any other culture in order to be valuable… But I do want our local and regional artists to get credit (and monetary reward) where it's due. And unfortunately, those in the Calypso/Soca vein have been a little on the unlucky side (think Harry Belafonte, or the Andrews Sisters).”

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