On Thursday 22nd June, VP Records joined Jamaica / UK Ambassador Theresa Roberts and Jamaica Patty Co to celebrate Windrush 75.
The event took place in Covent Garden, London with music from DJs Ras Kwame (Captial Xtra) and Yng Cptn. A guests chatted, danced, enjoyed the music, delicious patties and the Duppy White rum supplied by The Duppy Share.
An exclusive art exhibition from the Jamaican Watson family was on display. Barrington Watson was the first black man to attend the Royal College of Art and was a celebrated artist and Art school Director. He arrived in the UK with his wife, Gloria Thompson on a ship around 1951 as part of the Windrush generation. His sons Raymond and Basil are also award-winning artists as is his grandson, Kai. Their work forms a seventy-five-year legacy in the field of art. grateful to all the fans and lovers of reggae and dancehall music that have supported this track continually since its release.”
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