If the heatwave during the New York City Democratic mayoral primary election didn’t make it clear enough, summer has arrived.
As Pride celebrations blanketed the city over the weekend, Michaël Brun‘s BAYO! Fest took over Brooklyn’s Barclays Center for its biggest staging yet. The nine-year-old festival featured surprise appearances from several artists, including Moliy, whose Bashment Sound-produced “Shake It to the Max” has a litany of remixes on the way, from a Latin rework to new versions featuring Vybz Kartel and Sean Paul. Another notable guest at Brun’s Caribbean music festival was none other than Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party’s fast-rising new star and the victor of the mayoral primary.
“As the next mayor of this city, I will be proud to stand up for Haitian New Yorkers every single day,” he said to the packed arena on Saturday (June 28), just days after winning the election. “We are going to fight to get Ayiti off the travel ban. We are going to fight Donald Trump as he tries to end TPS [temporary protected status]. And we’re gonna stand up for Ayiti, because you taught the world about freedom, it’s time for us to return the favor.”
Mamdani’s crowd-rousing speech underscored just how galvanizing his victory was for many New Yorkers — and how Caribbean artists have been packing out arenas across the city in recent years. BAYO! Fest comes just two months after Vybz Kartel’s two sold-out comeback shows at Barclays — and just a week before Bounty Killer headlines the venue on July 5. The trend extends to Long Island’s UBS Arena, which has hosted five $1 million-grossing Caribbean-headlined shows across four different genres, including reggae, soca, dancehall and konpa.
Naturally, Billboard’s monthly Reggae/Dancehall Fresh Picks column will not cover every last track, but our Spotify playlist — which is linked below — will expand on the 10 highlighted songs. So, without any further ado:
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