{"id":6570,"date":"2023-08-04T11:09:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T11:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=6570"},"modified":"2023-08-04T11:13:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T11:13:21","slug":"anthony-mattai-upbeat-about-new-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=6570","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Mattai Upbeat About New Single"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Atlanta-based Jamaican-born reggae artiste Anthony Mattai is looking forward to the release of his upcoming single, <\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2018Struggle Is Real\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0 The song which was produced by him, and Shawn Evering is slated to be released next month by Street People label and Mattai Music.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI don\u2019t know anyone who doesn\u2019t know what it means to struggle. No matter how rich or poor you are, as long as you are alive you must face some kind of struggle. Life is a struggle for everyone, it\u2019s only the most enlightened among us, the sages who do not struggle. So, this song is a song of upliftment and inspiration for everyone in the struggle,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Kingston-born singer is currently working on his debut album, <\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2018Rebirth of the Renaissance\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> which is slated to be released later this year.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThis is my first full-length project, and I am very excited about it. The production process is going smoothly, and the album is almost completed we just have a few more songs to go,\u201d said Anthony Mattai.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Anthony Mattai originally hails from Cockburn Pen, Kingston. He\u2019s a graduate of Pembroke Hall High School.\u00a0 He launched his recording career with the release of a single titled <\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2018Mama Cry\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> which was produced by Star Trail and released by Big Foote Records in 1995.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Some of his other songs are <\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2018Leave it all to God\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> featuring Ras Fraser Jr and <\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2018Party\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> featuring Teflon.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta-based Jamaican-born reggae artiste Anthony Mattai is looking forward to the release of his upcoming single, \u2018Struggle Is Real\u2019.\u00a0 The song which was produced by him, and Shawn Evering is slated to be released next month by Street People label and Mattai Music.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t know anyone who doesn\u2019t know what it means to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6571,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6570\/revisions\/6571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}