“Wah Goin On Chap?”: 9 Celebrities You Probably Didn’t Realize Are Guyanese
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Victoria Uwumarogie
Melanie Fiona
The daughter of Guyanese immigrant parents, Fiona has said in the past that her Guyanese culture has played a big part in her music:
“My roots have a lot of influence in my music…My culture is alive and well in my life, in my heart. It has really been the foundation for how I separated myself from the rest when I first started doing music because I wasn’t the black American girl when I came into the US music scene.
When you listen to my albums or come to my shows you will always hear an element of reggae or calypso or something because I am so proud of my heritage…the food, the culture, the music. I love my identity and it’s a big part of my music”
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