BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – THE ‘She’s Royal’ artiste, Tarrus Riley, was announced as the next act to perform for one of the rallies being organised by the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP).
Riley will perform on Saturday, January 23, as announced by the Leader of the SKNLP and Prime Minister of the twin-island Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Hon. Denzil Douglas.
Dr. Douglas made the announcement Tuesday evening (Jan. 12) at one of his party’s political meeting. Although he did not give details as to the venue of the event, he said that Riley’s song ‘She’s Royal’ is being used as the campaign song for Constituency Number Two representative Marcella Liburd.
“When he heard that that was the song that was being used for her campaign, Tarrus Riley said that he wants to be here. So he will be here on the 23rd of January,” Douglas said.
These super rallies are a part of the party’s campaign strategy as they prepare to contest the next general elections on Monday, January, 25. Haitian superstar and former member of mega group The Fugees, Wyclef Jean, is also expected to perform on Saturday (Jan. 16) at what is being described by the organisers as “the largest political event in our Federation’s history”.
The Brooklyn-born Tarrus Riley is the son of veteran singer Jimmy Riley and grew up in South Florida. He began his musical career as a deejay working with Busta Rhymes, taking his birth sign as his stage name at his mother's suggestion (the spelling later changed from Taurus to Tarrus), and recorded his first single for his father's Love & Promotion label.
Riley has released three albums - Challenges in 2004, Parables in 2006, and Contagious in 2009. His last album features guest appearances by Damian Marley, Vybz Kartel, Etana, Konshens, Demarco and Duane Stephenson.
However, his commercial breakthrough came in 2006 with the Parables album and the Jamaican number one single ‘She's Royal’.
