Grand Marshals Buju, Kes join Mamdani for New York Caribbean Carnival Parade

NEW YORK, United States — Grammy Award-winning Reggae artiste Buju Banton proudly represented Jamaica as an Honorary Grand Marshal of the 59th Annual New York Caribbean Carnival Parade.

Held on Labour Day, September 7, along Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway, the event saw Buju sharing the honour with Kees Dieffenthaller of ‘Kes The Band’, bringing together two of the Caribbean’s most influential musical voices.

Representing Jamaica’s reggae and dancehall traditions alongside Kes’ Trinidadian soca and Carnival roots, the artistes reflected the spirit of “One Caribbean” and the cultural connections that unite the region and its diaspora.