Guyanese in Edutainment

Rafael Cameron: Entertainer, Singer, Songwriter

Rafael Cameron

Rafael Cameron was born in Georgetown, Guyana in 1951. He grew up in a strict, non-musical family who emphasized the value of a good education, preferably in the academic field, but Rafael -who loved to sing along with the American sounds coming out of his radio- found music to be a release from the pressures of life and secretly dreamed of becoming a singer himself.

Dolly Baksh - Dancer and International Performing Artiste

Dolly Baksh - Dancer and International Performing Artiste

Dolly Amana Baksh sister of another of Guyana musical artiste Sammy Baksh began showing her talent for dancing at the age of five.

Tennicia De Freitas: Entertainer - Singer, Song Writer

Tennicia De Freitas

Born on the 10th of December ,1991 in Kuru-Kururu; a village found on the Linden Highway on the East Bank of Demerara, Tennicia Nekeita De Freitas grew up in her grandmother’s house the place where she still calls home. Her childhood days were not so easy since she never knew her father at that time and her mother worked very hard to take care of her and her younger brother then.

Shelon (Shelly G) Garraway - Entertainer - Singer, Song Writer, Choreographer, Dancer

Shelly G

Hot, tantalizing, sexy, electrifying, dynamic, explosive on the stage, are the only words that you can use to describe this (Hottie Hottie) young Talented, Guyanese born Singer, Song Writer, Choreographer, Dancer Shelon Garraway known as Shelly G.

Godfrey Chin - Social History Icon and Culture Enthusiast

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Godfrey Chin - Guyanese social history icon and culture enthusiast Godfrey Chin has passed away. He was 74.

Chin was found this morning lifeless on the floor of his Kitty residence.

The divorced father of three sons–two of whom live in the US, while the third is serving in Afghanistan– was said to be suffering from the flu last week. A relative said he last spoke to him on Saturday.

Deborah Cox: Platinum Selling Music Artist / Actress

Deborah Cox

Deborah was born on July 13, 1974 in Toronto, Canada to Guyanese parents with strong musical roots. She began singing for TV commercials at age 12, also entering various talent shows with her mother's help. Her 1999 smash hit "Nobody's Supposed to be Here" was the longest-running number one single in the history of Billboard magazine's R&B charts.

Eddy Grant: Platinum Selling Music Artist

Eddy Grant: Platinum Selling Music Artist

Born in Plaisance, Guyana, on March 5, 1948, the young Edmond Montague Grant grew up on the sound of his homeland, tan singing, an Indo-Caribbean vocal style whose roots lay in south Asia and are the backbone of modern chutney. Then in 1960, the Grant family emigrated to England, taking up residence in the working-class Stoke Newington area of London.

Leona Lewis: Multi-Platinum Selling Music Artist

Leona Lewis

Leona Lewis was born on April 3, 1985 in the London Borough of Islington , to Aural Josiah "Joe" Lewis, a youth worker from Guyana of Black African descent and Maria Lewis, a British social worker of Welsh , Italian and Irish descent.

Rihanna: Multi-Platinum Grammy Award Winning Music Artist

Rihanna

Rihanna was born Robyn Rihanna Fenty on February 20, 1988 to a Barbadian father (Ronald) and a Guyanese mother (Monica) in the Parish of St. Michael, Barbados.

Guyanese Dave Martins To Be Inducted Into SUNSHINE Awards Hall Of Fame

Dave Martins

Guyana-born singer Dave Martins and his Tradewinds band are set to be inducted into the SUNSHINE Awards Hall of Fame next month.
The Tradewinds Band was founded by Martins in 1966 and became one of the most revered groups in the Caribbean. Their first hit, `Honeymooning Couple,` was penned by Martins six months after the band was formed.

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