Author: Opastaff
An intense, Haitian presidential campaign, which started slowly, has finally ended, finishing on a climactic note days before Sunday’s vote thanks to last-hour assists from two presidents and a world hip-hop star. Both former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and Haiti-born rapper Wyclf Jean surprised potential voters Friday by taking to the streets of the country’s capital in favor of their presidential candidates. Not to be outdone, President Michel Martelly, who has been campaigning for weeks on behalf of his hand-picked successor, also took to the stage in the final hours of the campaign. Whether the appearances, which forced unsuspecting motorists to…
Ricot Amazan better known as Ti-Tanbou was born in Haiti on June 3rd. At an early age Ti-Tanbou fell in love with music. His parents discovered how passionate he was about the craft and being the only musician coming out of a religious family; they tried their best to discourage him from pursuing a career in popular music. After many efforts to deter him from pursing a career in music, his parents reluctantly gave in and allowed him to continue with the condition that he only plays music for church. Ti-Tanbou compromised and partook in his Baptist church band…
Five years after throwing his support behind Haitian President Michel Martelly, Haiti-born hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean arrived in Port-au-Prince Friday to close out the campaign with his new candidate. Earlier this week, Wyclef endorsed Jude Celestin for the Haitian presidency. He announced the news in a rap song that immediately triggered a rap war on the eve of Sunday’s highly-anticipated vote. The first responder was Martelly’s son and sometimes budding rapper, Olivier, who dropped his own song. Olivier Martelly then soon got a response from a local rap artist, Mono. “Apparently I hold some kind of weight,” Wyclef joked with…
International rap artist, Wyclef Jean, who supported Haiti’s current President, Michel Martelly at the 2010 Haiti election, has jumped ship and is now supporting new presidential candidate Jude Célestin for his 2016 presidential bid. Wyclef also released a song titled “Le a Rive Map, Vote Jude Célestin” on his birthday this past October 17, proclaiming why he’s supporting Jude Célestin. Days after Wyclef released his single; Olivier Martelly, the son of the current president released his on track titled “Neg Banann lan”, taking jabs at Wyclef and openly supporting his father’s protégé, Jovenel Moses. A Wyclef supporter jumped…
Growing up I remember at my family’s dining room table there were a lot of do’s and don’ts. 1-Wash your hands before you sit on the table. 2- Say Grace. 3- Keep your elbows off the table. 4- Use the proper utensils. 5- Don’t chew with your mouth open. 6- Do note stick your fork in the person next you food. 7- Excuse yourself before leaving the table. Today as the world gets more modern, eating at a family table is almost non-existent. On average a working family really doesn’t have much time to sit together and enjoy a meal.…
Black Audio Film’s final video-essay explored the Faustian drama of 26 year old Tupac Shakur, the charismatic hiphop MC and actor whose unsolved murder transformed a brief career into posthumous legend. Through Tupac, George fashions a fascinating and complex meditation on the legacies of revolutionary nationalism, the notion of destructive character and the intensity of a life lived as death wish.
Veronique Jeremie is official a Mrs!!! Just days ago the former Zin beauty posted pictures of her engagement to her church’s bishop and this morning social media woke up buzzing with follow up pictures of her actual wedding. We’re guessing the engagement photos were taken months prior but we’re very impress with the way she went about releasing them. Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Ambroise. Very good looking couple.
One of the best ways to introduce yourself without saying a word is in the way you dress. People will automatically judge you based on what you are wearing at all times if you’re an artist so give them something good on the eyes yet still delivering the whoa factor and at the end something worthy of talking about. Dos and Don’t Do- Wear something that represents your true personality and age appropriate. Don’t- Don’t repeat outfits (we’ve notice) at least try to fool us by mixing and matching. Do- You do not have to wears the most expensive outfit.…
Dating can be pretty damn terrible. Essentially, you meet up with an almost stranger or a complete stranger whom you’re attracted to, and have to fill three or so hours with banter that makes you come off as smart and sexy. If it’s going swimmingly, you’re stressing out over how to keep up the good vibes. If it’s a bad first date, you’re struggling with how to call it a night without hurting your date’s feelings. Not to mention the monkey wrench that online dating throws into the whole process. You try your best not to make it obvious that you have never…
I feel like my perception of the passage of time is distorted: When I read a book or watch a movie created in 1995, my first thought tends to be “Oh, so it’s pretty recent.” And then it takes a few minutes for me to register that, no, actually that means it’s 20 years old. TWENTY YEARS. And then I feel so, so ancient (like, I might as well just start wearing house coats and buy an easy chair and never get out of it because it’s all going to be over soon). But although I often perceive the ’90s…