New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Grammy award winning singer, actress and entrepreneur
Monica is set to heat up the inaugural Reggae Rhythm & Blues Festival in the Big Apple this Labor Day weekend. The soulful siren will take the stage with ten-time Grammy award winner Kenny ‘Babyface' Edmonds as the festival's Rhythm & Blues headliners at Roy Wilkins Park in Queens on Sunday,
September 4th.
Monica, whose latest single "Anything (To Find You)" with
Rick Ross and Lil Kim is burning its way up the Billboard R&B/Hip Hop chart, established herself as a musical force when her break-out hit "Don't Take It Personal" topped the R&B/Hip Hop chart in 1995. At the tender age of 15, she became the youngest female ever to have two singles back-to-back hit #1 on the Billboard R&B chart. To date she has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide, earning a Grammy Award for 1998's "The Boy is Mine" with Brandy, and a spot on Billboard's Top Artists of the Year chart in 2010. She has been featured on television sitcoms Living Single, Beverly Hills 90210, and Felicity, and in 2009 landed a reality series of her own, Monica: Still Standing, on
Black Entertainment Television (BET). Her 2010 album Still Standing debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200.
In addition to
Babyface Edmonds,
Monica will share the Reggae Rhythm & Blues stage with Dancehall superstar Mavado, acclaimed
Roots Reggae crooner Tarrus Riley, and Soca King Machel Montano. The ‘King of the Dancehall'
Beenie Man will make a special Reggae Rhythm & Blues appearance to collect a lifetime achievement award.
"Monica is great addition to Reggae Rhythm & Blues - she has a soulful, yet sassy style that crosses several genres," says Reggae Rhythm & Blues organizer Robert ‘Bobby' Clarke, CEO of Irie Jam Media Group. "Monica is Soul/R&B singer with a Hip Hop edge, which provides the perfect balance between
Babyface Edmonds and Mavado. She fits in perfectly."
Reggae Rhythm & Blues is a day-long celebration of New York City's melting pot of sound, held the day before the City's annual West-Indian American Day Carnival. The festival kicks off on Sunday,
September 4th at Roy Wilkins Park in Jamaica, NY. For tickets and more information, contact 888-474-3692 or visit https://www.reggaerhythmandblues.com
