In November 2019, we held our annual Veterans Day Dinner at the JFK Library and Museum, in Boston. It was a night to honor veterans and show the comradery of service members and their families. Home Base COO, Michael Allard and Executive Director, Brigadier General Jack Hammond welcomed Shaggy to the stage to recognize him for his service as a Marine in the 10th Regiment, and for a live conversation with Home Base Nation's host Dr. Ron Hirschberg.
Seven-time nominated and two-time GRAMMY winner Shaggy was born Orville Richard Burrell in Jamaica, and after moving to New York at 18, he would soon enlist in the Marines. Two years into service he deployed with the 10th Marine Regiment to the Persian Gulf, and he looks back at that time as one of the building blocks of discipline that helped launch him into superstardom into the world of Dancehall and Reggae music.
For Shaggy, music has been a vehicle to bring different kinds of people to the same experience. But after meeting him, it’s not just the music that does this, it’s the spirit and grit that undoubtably were shaped by Marine discipline and deployment.
Many thanks to Shaggy for joining the Home Base Nation line-up, for your service as a US Marine and for what you bring to unity through music. Special thanks to Tracy Bufferd at team Shaggy and Sting for all your collaboration and support.
To get to know Shaggy more, see what he is up to for 2020, and to check out the New solo album Wah Gwaan, visit www.shaggyonline.com
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Many thanks to the staff at the JFK Library and Museum in Boston, MA
Photography - Joe Wallace
Introduction music - Darden Smith
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