Fugees Frontman Wyclef Jean Boasts 'Elvis White is a New Movement in Music'

ATLANTA, GA (17.20 Records) - 2005 was an exciting year for British Virgin Island recording group ELVIS WHITE. They opened for two U.S. tours; won the coveted "Best Live Band" award at the Miami Carnival; made a huge splash at the celebrity-studded Hollywood Diversity Awards; recorded a single for their U.S. release with rap superstar AKON; then capped off the year with a whirlwind European tour opening for The Fugees. The band is now gearing up for the biggest party in the Caribbean, The Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, and readying their first single, "I Promise You," featuring AKON, to hit the U.S. mainstream airwaves in February.

"It was a natural gel," states Wyclef, in reference to ELVIS WHITE opening for rap icons, The Fugees. "It was just a natural connection. I am heavily into the Islands and I think it was smart that we had a hot band from the Caribbean opening for us. We could have had a hip hop group open, but it would not have had the same effect. I would look out into the crowd when we hit the stage and see the audience wearing the black who is elvis white? T-shirts... that said ALOT."

ELVIS WHITE, a six-member band from the British Virgin Islands, features a similar front lineup to the Fugees. Both Elvis and his sideman, rapper/singer Toro, hold down lead vocals and "The First Lady" of ELVIS WHITE, Shekera Wheatley, holds down both lead vocals and the female rap lead. The three leads are backed up by one of the hottest Caribbean bands on the planet, a combination that has made ELVIS WHITE one of the hottest new bands to emerge in 2006.

"America is opening up to Caribbean music more than it has ever done," states Clef, "...and watching this movement, it feels like the Elvis movement. It's like Elvis is the Godfather and these are all his kids."

The album features production by Salaam Remi (The Fugees, Kevin Lyttle, Rupee, Nas); Cory Rooney (Jennifer Lopez, Destiny's Child, Marc Anthony, Michael Jackson) and rap superstar AKON, who produced and is featured on ELVIS WHITE's first U.S. single, "I Promise You." ELVIS WHITE is slated to release their debut U.S. album, entitled PROMISE, May 16 on 17.20/Bungalo/Universal Records.