Haitian Music News

Haitian musician Emmanuel 'Manno' Charlemagne will have the right to an official funeral in Haiti, a close relative of the family told Haitian news media AlterPresse...

Steps are under way for the repatriation of the body of Manno Charlemagne.

Manno Charlemagne died Sunday, 10 Dec 2017, in Miami Beach Florida.

So far we do not yet know when the funeral will take place in Haiti.

Stay tuned.

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The Haitian music industry is mourning the death of legendary Haitian singer Emmanuel 'Manno' Charlemagne who passed away early Sunday Morning, 10 Dec 2017, in Miami Beach Florida.

Joseph Emmanuel 'Manno' Charlemagne died following a battle with cancer. He was hospitalized in Miami was being treated.

Manno Charlemagne was a folk singer and guitar player whose songs were usually politically motivated.

He will be missed.

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Breaking News... We have just learned that Haitian musician Boulot Valcourt has died in New York Friday, 17 Nov 2017 where he was hospitalized the last 3 months.

Haiti Communication Minister Limond Toussaint confirmed the death of the long time musician in a twitter message.

"My sincere sympathies to the family, his musical family, the cultural sector and all music lovers pierced by the disappearance of Boulo Valcourt," the Ministre Toussaint wrote. "He will remain alive in our hearts and on our lips through his songs and his musical humanism which he alone had the secret."

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"I could've been a businessman but instead I chose to become a soldier in the Haitian Military. So, give me my respect (Banm Tit Mwen), a Haitian soldier sings in his new Rap Creole song.

This young military rapper, Komandan Ziltik Oke, member of the new Corps du Genie Militaire Haitien, say in his song he is very proud of being a part of the new Haitian military and he wants his respect in a country where people have respect for each other.

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A group of young Haitian teenagers were sitting around watching American rap videos when an older Haitian woman comes into house. She didn't understand the music at all but she knows, "it's crazy people music," she says...

"Do you kids even understand what the music is saying?" She asked.

The Truth: None of them understood what the music is saying because not of them speak English. It's mainly explicit lyrics that I do not dare translate and post on in this article.

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Way back, Before Wyclef Jean, there was another hip-hop superstar named Kangol Kid from the old-school hip hop group Untouchable Force Organization (U.T.F.O.); Did you know that he is Haitian? I just found out...

If you grew up in the the United States in the 1980s you probably heard the hit rap song "Roxanne, Roxanne", what you probably didn't know is that the rapper with the kangol hat is Shaun Shiller Fequiere, Kangol Kid, born in Brooklyn to Haitian parents.

Kangol says he intentionally hid his Haitian heritage while trying to achieve success as a break dancer and rapper with the mid-'80s group, Jacqueline Charles writes in an article on Miami.com

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Here is something that I do not understand with Haitian music stars, as soon as they accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and savior (konvèti) they abandon compas music like music is the devil. Why is that?

If you are a Christian, I am know you cannot wait to reply and tell me why but hear me out...

I watch the American Music Awards all the time. Whether it is country music, hip-hop, R&B, Rock and Roll, you name it, the American music stars always thank God first whenever they receive a music award. Aint none of them feel that they are involved in something that is so wrong that they have to abandon it for Jesus.

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Tande AUDIO saa... Journaliste Jean Monard Metellus ap explike kijan atis Fredo, chantè Kanpech la, malad grav nan lopital Dikini. Li resevwa 2 atis zanmi Fredi pou bay plis detay...

Listen to this audio... Haitian journalist Jean Monard Metellus of Radio Caraibes FM talking to musician Ti Pay about the condition Frederic Pierre Louis aka Fredo from racine group Kanpech who is hospitalized in Diquini hospital in Haiti

What do you think about that?

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Haitian music alert... Frederic Pierre Louis aka Fredo, the lead singer of racine group Kanpech is REALLY sick, he is in the hospital and his friend are begging for help to save his life..

A couple of music artists including Ti Pay went on Radio Caraibes FM to alert the public that Fredo is hospitalized in Diquini and he will not survive unless he is taken to a better hospital outside the country.

According to one of them, Fredo in critical condition, he's been in the hospital for 12 days and yet is in room 209 in Diquini hospital where he is being cared for by medical students in training...

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Bad news from the Haitian Music Industry -- After 15 years in the business, CARIMI Kraze... It's the end of the road the CARIMI, manager Fito said in a press note...

Many big names in the Haitian music industry are talking about this and sharing their opinion on various Haitian music sites.

The note reads:

On July 11, 2016, Mickael Guirand informed the band that he would permantnely be unavailable for any future performances. Upon receiving this news, the group came together and had to make a decision...