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AN­GE­LO JE­DIDI­AH

Ri­val­do Lon­don claimed the Na­tion­al Ac­tion Cul­tur­al Com­mit­tee’s 2026 Young Kings crown at the Car­ni­val City, Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah, Port-of-Spain, on Tues­day night.

His vic­to­ry was sealed af­ter a poignant per­for­mance of his song Wa­ter Thick­er. Com­posed by Lon­don and Ken­ny Phillips, the song drew on the bib­li­cal sto­ry of Cain and Abel and flipped the old adage that “blood is thick­er than wa­ter,” sug­gest­ing that fam­i­ly is not al­ways safe or lov­ing.