{"id":5907,"date":"2026-02-03T04:39:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T04:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/jamaican-star-keznamdi-takes-home-best-reggae-grammy\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T04:39:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T04:39:51","slug":"jamaican-star-keznamdi-takes-home-best-reggae-grammy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/jamaican-star-keznamdi-takes-home-best-reggae-grammy\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaican star Keznamdi takes home Best Reggae Grammy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Jamaican recording artiste Keznamdi Sunday night won the 2026 GRAMMY Award for Best Reggae Album at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Keznamdi triumphed over his fellow Jamaican nominees to win the coveted prize with his first-ever nomination for the album Blxxd &amp; Fyah.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The other contenders were Lila Ik\u00e9 (Treasure Self Love), Vybz Kartel (First Week Out), Jesse Royal (No Place Like Home), and Mortimer (From Within).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In August 2025, Keznamdi released the 13-track Blxxd &amp; Fyah.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Keznamdi said, \u201cReggae music always defends truths, rights, African liberation, and black man redemption.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He praised his parents and team, saying, \u201cWe represent Jamaican culture, dancehall, and reggae.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_80832\" style=\"width: 477px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80832\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-80832\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caribbeanlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jamaican-star-keznamdi-takes-home-best-reggae-grammy-2026-02-05-nk-cl02.jpg?quality=51&amp;w=467\" alt=\"Keznamdi accepts the Best Reggae Album award for &quot;BLXXD &amp; FYAH&quot; during the premiere ceremony of the 68th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., Feb. 1, 2026. \" width=\"467\" height=\"700\" title=\"\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-80832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"image-caption\">Keznamdi accepts the Best Reggae Album award for &#8220;BLXXD &amp; FYAH&#8221; during the premiere ceremony of the 68th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., Feb. 1, 2026.<\/span><span class=\"image-credit\">REUTERS\/Daniel Cole<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>His biography claims he fuses classic reggae roots with soul, rock, and hip-hop, delivering 11 tracks worth passing down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI want to show bloodline is about your legacy, and your legacy isn\u2019t about the work you do \u2014 but about your family,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m speaking on the struggles of the common man, having loved ones out here, defending them, doing what you\u2019re supposed to do, and playing a role to ensure you\u2019re making this life better for your children.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He adds, \u201cTomorrow is never promised. Invest in your bloodline, not just business. That\u2019s my goal.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The biography says a strong home bond prepared Keznamdi to build a formidable personal and creative legacy.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Born in Kingston, Keznamdi grew up surrounded by music as his parents led the reggae outfit Chakula, according to his biography.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>By age five, Keznamdi contributed his first track, \u201cMix A Color,\u201d to the Save the World children\u2019s compilation, earning local recognition, says his biography.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The biography concludes, \u201cBloodline will make you treasure Keznamdi\u2019s legacy and your own.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Keznamdi says, \u201cMusic is a service. I want to serve.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He adds, \u201cIf you dream and work hard, you can achieve it. I aim to be an example.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamaican recording artiste Keznamdi Sunday night won the 2026 GRAMMY Award for Best Reggae Album at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Keznamdi triumphed over his fellow Jamaican nominees to win the coveted prize with his first-ever nomination for the album Blxxd &amp; Fyah. The other contenders were Lila Ik\u00e9 (Treasure Self Love), Vybz Kartel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}