🇹🇹 BIG BIG BIG SHOUT OUT TO KES 🇹🇹 — BIG UPS TO BUJU 🇯🇲 — AND A LABOR DAY MAMDANI SALUTE TO NEW YORK CITY 2026 | MORE THAN WHAT WAS SEEN
🇹🇹 𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗞𝗘𝗦 🇹🇹 — 𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝗨𝗣𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗨𝗝𝗨 🇯🇲 — 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔 𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗥 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗠𝗔𝗠𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗜 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗨𝗧𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗬𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 MORE THAN WHAT WAS SEEN There was something about this Labor Day moment in New York that stayed with me beyond what was actually happening on the stage. Kes was there. Buju was there. Mayor Zohran Mamdani was there. But surrounding them was the full vibrancy and regalia of the Caribbean diaspora—flags and feathers, color and movement, music and memory, generations and islands converging in one enormous cultural space. The personalities were visible, certainly, but what caught my mind's eye was everything happening around and through them. Perhaps it was the juxtaposition of the entire weekend. Only days before, Kes had been in Washington, D.C., sharing the DC JazzFest stage with the legendary Stevie Wonder, where I Just Called to Say ...
