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Deputy Brooklyn Borough President Kim Council, presented a Proclamation to \u201cHey Sexy Lady\u201d singer Shaggy, a Grammy winner, in Little Caribbean, Brookly. Partly-hidden, left, is Council Member Rita Joseph. Partly-hidden far right, is Public Advocate Jumaane Williams. May 19, 2026 was proclaimed Shaggy Day by Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso.<\/p>\n
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Borough President Antonio Reynoso proclaimed May 19,\u00a02026, as \u201cShaggy Day\u201d in\u00a0Brooklyn.\n<\/p>\n
Deputy\u00a0Borough President Kim Council delivered the special honor\u202fat \u201cBig Vibes in Little Caribbean: Shaggy\u2019s Album Release,\u201d a public celebration for his 15th studio album, \u201cLottery,\u201d held at the I AM CARIBBEING HQ.<\/p>\n
According to BP Reynoso, the hit maker who was born in Jamaica, Orville Richard Burrell, professionally known as Shaggy, moved to Flatbush as a teenager, where he launched his music career and pioneering journey in the evolution of reggae and dancehall music.<\/p>\n
The Hey Sexy Lady singer who has a music career spanning four decades,\u00a0has sold more than 40 million albums to date and landed eight singles on the Billboard Hot 100.\n<\/p>\n
Beyond his music career, Shaggy, managed by Martin\u00a0Kierszenbaum\/Cherrytree Music Company,\u00a0has played an\u00a0essential role supporting Jamaica and its diaspora. In\u00a02009, he\u00a0established\u00a0the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation and has since organized many Shaggy & Friends\u00a0benefit\u00a0concerts, which have raised millions for\u00a0humanitarian organizations.\u00a0Most recently, Shaggy played a lead role in the relief efforts following Hurricane Melissa,\u00a0delivering essential goods via private\u00a0flights,\u00a0and raising\u00a0over $500,000\u00a0at a star-studded benefit concert at UBS Arena.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom Kingston to Flatbush, Shaggy\u202fis a living legend\u202fwhose\u202fstoried\u202fcareer has\u202ftranscended borders and made the world move to the rhythms of reggae and dancehall,\u201d said\u202fBrooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso said. \u201cThrough\u202fhis musical genius\u202fand\u202fhis leadership in philanthropy, Shaggy embodies the\u202fvery best\u202fof our\u202fborough. \u202fThat\u2019s\u202fwhy\u202fI am so proud to declare May 19,\u202f2026 as \u201cShaggy Day\u201d in Brooklyn as we celebrate the\u202fnext\u202fchapter of Shaggy\u2019s career and his more than four decades\u202fspreading joy around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shaggy\u00a0adds, \u201cBrooklyn is the borough that took a kid from Jamaica and gave him a stage, a sound, and a purpose.\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0so grateful to Borough President Reynoso for this amazing honor and everyone in the community who has supported me for over four decades.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShaggy is the heartbeat of the Caribbean Diaspora \u2014 a voice that has carried our culture, our resilience, and our joy to every corner of the world,\u201d said Shelley Worrell, founder and CEO of I AM\u202fcaribBEING, Champion of Brooklyn\u2019s Little Caribbean &\u202fCaribpolitan. As a first-generation\u202fCaribpolitan, I know firsthand what it means to grow up between two worlds and find your identity in the music, the food, the people, and the streets that shaped you. In Brooklyn\u2019s Little Caribbean, we\u202fdon\u2019t\u202fjust listen to his music, we live it. Shaggy Day is a celebration of who we are, where we come from, and the culture we continue to build right here in Flatbush.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deputy Brooklyn Borough President Kim Council, presented a Proclamation to \u201cHey Sexy Lady\u201d singer Shaggy, a Grammy winner,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239675,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-239674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}