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Everton Blender, Jamaica

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Rose Bud, 798 Art Zone, Apr 30 - May 2, 2016.

Everton Blender, born in Clarendon, Jamaica, is an award-winning reggae singer and producer, Williams began his career singing in an amateur talent contest in the late 1970s at Kingston's Bohemia Club, singing Dennis Brown songs under the name "Babbaru". He won the contest at the second attempt.

Blender returned to music in the early 1990s. This time around, Blender achieved success straight away, with "We No Jus' a Come," becoming a hit in Jamaica.

Blender's success spread to the United Kingdom where his first album, Lift Up Your Head, reached number four on the Black Echoes music chart.

Blender received the Chicago Martins International award, and South Florida Reggae/Soca awards in 1996 and 1997 in the "Most Improved Entertainer" category.

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