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Kamau Preston
Canute Kamau Preston, (born 3 January 1979), known as Kamau Preston, formerly DJ Monk, is a Jamaicans, Jamaican musician, international DJ, record producer and television personality. A native Jamaican DJ Kamau Preston is known mostly for his work as a celebrity DJ, and for his contributions to the Caribbean house music genre. He is best known for his work as the resident DJ at the Atlantis Paradise Island, Bahamas, as the personal DJ to the likes of New York Giants mogul, and hotelier Jonathan M. Tisch, Howard Stern and fashion designer Steve Madden. Early and personal life Preston was born in Trelawny Parish, Jamaica. He started his public career in Jamaica as a roadie for the resident band Impulse (Jamaican band), Impulse at Trelawny Beach Hotel. Later he became the house DJ at several clubs and resorts like luxury resort Half Moon in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Preston moved to the U.S. in 2004 where he currently resides with his wife Jo Blackwell-Preston (Top Colorist and owner o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SXSW
South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas, United States. It began in 1987 and has continued to grow in both scope and size every year. In 2017, the conference lasted for 10 days with the interactive track lasting for five days, music for seven days, and film for nine days. There was no in-person event in 2020 and 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Austin, Texas; both years, there was a smaller online event instead. SXSW is run by the company SXSW, LLC, which organizes conferences, trade shows, festivals, and other events. In addition to SXSW, the company runs the conference SXSW Edu and the upcoming SXSW Sydney festival, and co-runs North by Northeast in Toronto. It has previously run or co-run the events North by Northwest (1995-2001), West by Southwest (2006-2010) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
