{"id":8570,"date":"2024-05-03T10:54:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T10:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=8570"},"modified":"2024-05-03T10:59:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T10:59:49","slug":"king-z-eyes-international-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=8570","title":{"rendered":"King Z Eyes International Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US-based dancehall\/reggae artiste King Z is pleased with the response to his single titled <strong><em>\u2018Africa\u2019<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The song which was co-produced by him, and Yung Vet was released late last year on the Ameri-Jam Entertainment label. Since then, it has been enjoying strong airplay both locally and overseas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrowing up in Jamaica I learned that Africa is where our ancestors are from. Since those early days, I\u2019ve developed a deep interest in learning more about this great continent and its rich history. It is this great love which I possess for Mama Africa that has inspired me to write and record this song, and I am very pleased that it has received such a warm reception from music lovers worldwide,\u201d said the artiste.<\/p>\n<p>The talented singjay who lists his father, Arthur Williams, Beres Hammond and Garnett Silk among his musical idols is confident that very soon he will be a force to reckon with on the international music scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m from a rich musical background I grew up in a house filled with a lot of talented people including my dad who was a highly skilled guitar player who travelled and played with bands all over Jamaica and the States. This experience has inspired the way I create music which is something that comes easily to me once I hear a good beat. I\u2019ve even created my own unique style, which is a fusion of reggae, dancehall, Hip Hop, R&amp;B and Country. It\u2019s only a matter of time before I become an international music star,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>King Z is also gearing up to release two new singles, <strong><em>\u2018Better Days Ahead\u2019<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>\u2018Everyday\u2019<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 King Z given name Zealus Williams was born and raised in Plowden, Manchester.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US-based dancehall\/reggae artiste King Z is pleased with the response to his single titled \u2018Africa\u2019. The song which was co-produced by him, and Yung Vet was released late last year on the Ameri-Jam Entertainment label. Since then, it has been enjoying strong airplay both locally and overseas. \u201cGrowing up in Jamaica I learned that Africa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":8568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8570","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\/8570","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=8570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8571,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8570\/revisions\/8571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}