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Nailah Blackman
Nailah Blackman, the Trinidad & Tobago songstress, has positioned herself as a Caribbean leader through her music, style, and charisma and has sung her way into people’s hearts throughout the world in a short five years. Born into a musical family, the granddaughter of the legendary Ras Shorty I, creator of Soca music, Nailah writes, composes and is a multi-instrumentalist.
In 2017 Nailah made her debut with the release of hit song, ‘Work Out’ a collaboration with Kes the Band. Since then, Nailah has been nominated for the Viewers’ Choice: Best New International Act award at the BET Awards, presented with a Cultural Ambassador Award from the New York Senate, performed at Coachella and was featured in the Coachella Curated series. Nailah consistently releases hits and has worked with artists such as Calypso Rose, Shenseea, Konshens, Tarrus Riley, Swedish DJ Salvatore Ganache and Adekunle Gold.
Nailah has performed on stages such as Olympia in Paris and countless others in Japan, Switzerland, Canada, USA and the Caribbean. With over 400k followers on Instagram and over 100 milion views on Youtube and other musical platforms, Nailah has also been featured by renowned media outlets
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