Jamaican dancehall artist Kranium received a gold record plaque for his collaboration \u201cWe Can,\u201d featuring Canadian singer and rapper Tory Lanez, during a performance at Sony Hall in New York City on October 18.<\/p>\n
The artiste, whose given name is Kemar Donaldson, also received a New York State Assembly proclamation and a New York State Senate resolution during the event, which brought friends and fellow artistes to the stage.<\/p>\n
Kranium later took to Instagram to share the recognition, displaying the gold plaque alongside the legislative honors and describing himself as \u201ca walking documentary.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnother calm 500,000 certified gold plaque beside me along side 2 New York senate proclamation!\u201d he wrote in one post.<\/p>\n
Released in September 2016, \u201cWe Can\u201d pairs Kranium\u2019s melodic dancehall delivery with Lanez\u2019s vocals. The song has since reached gold certification in the United States, signifying 500,000 units in eligible sales and streaming activity.<\/p>\n
The achievement adds to Kranium\u2019s record of commercial success in the US market. His breakout single, \u201cNobody Has to Know,\u201d earned gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in September 2019, helping establish him as an international dancehall act.<\/p>\n
Born in Montego Bay, St. James, Kranium moved to Queens, New York, at age 12. He gained international recognition with \u201cNobody Has to Know,\u201d which helped bring his blend of dancehall, reggae and R&B to a wider audience and led to a recording deal with Atlantic Records.<\/p>\n
Since then, he has released tracks including \u201cGal Policy\u201d and \u201cCan\u2019t Believe,\u201d featuring Ty Dolla $ign and Wizkid, while continuing to build an international following through collaborations and live performances.<\/p>\n
The October 18 event marked another milestone in Kranium\u2019s career, combining recognition for his music with honors from New York state lawmakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jamaican dancehall artist Kranium received a gold record plaque for his collaboration \u201cWe Can,\u201d featuring Canadian singer and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-377959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377959","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=377959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}