As Jamaican dancehall artist Vybz Kartel closes his historic three-show run in the city, Toronto\u2019s Caribbean community is uniting to celebrate while also raising funds to support Hurricane Melissa relief efforts through an after party.<\/p>\n
The after party and fundraiser is being organized by popular local Caribbean events organizer Uncle Delroy<\/a>, as well as local artists DJ Joshua Lucas<\/a> and DJ Rennie.<\/a> The event will take place from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. at 145 John St. after Kartel\u2019s final show on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n Hurricane Melissa made its way through the Caribbean island early Tuesday, becoming one of the strongest storms to hit the Atlantic since record keeping began in 1851.<\/p>\n Since then local relief efforts quickly took off, with Toronto\u2019s Jamaican community uniting to send aid back home. For Uncle Delroy\u2019s team, the decision to join the movement was an easy and personal one to make.<\/p>\n Read More<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of Uncle Delroy\u2019s team actually were born and grew up in St. Elizabeth, Westmoreland, St. Ann and the areas most affected,\u201d said Ashley Henry, a member of Uncle Delroy\u2019s team.<\/p>\n Henry, who is originally from Jamaica, witnessed firsthand the impact the hurricane has had within Toronto\u2019s Caribbean community.<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of us do have that immediate family back home, so for us, it was pretty personal to really use our platform to show love and unity,\u201d she told Now Toronto.\u00a0<\/p>\n