No 'ifa' for Tifa: 2K9 is her year

2009 is off to a busy start for one of Dancehall's most promising young artiste, Latifa Brown, more popularly known as "Tifa". She has already kick started the year by being nominated for a total 5 awards in this years award season, namely, the Excellence in Music and Entertainment (EME), Youth View Awards and the RETV MVP Awards.

"It was an honour within itself to be nominated, even though I did not win any awards this year, it was still good to know that my work is being recognized within the industry and also by my fans," stated Tifa when asked about her recent nominations.

Although Tifa did not win the award for "Young, Hot and Hype Female", the dancehall diva gave a stellar performance at the 2009 Youth View Awards, which displayed not only her vocal talent, but also her skill in choreography. Tifa also recently performed to a sold out concert in Belize with the TNT crew, which consists of Tifa, Natalie Storm and Timberlee.

Tifa will be onboard a series of tours both Locally and Internationally and is currently going from parish-to-parish with RJR Cross Country Invasion, which will make it's final stop in Montego Bay at the end of the month. Other artists on the Cross Country Invasion include Konshens, Stacious, Cameal Davis, Chino, Laden, Romain Virgo, Sophia Squire, Kip Rich, Goddy Goddy and Nesbeth.

The dancehall artist will also be a part of the 2009 RETV School Tour, which is an Abstinence Awareness tour, which will visit 6 schools across the island over a 6-week period.

"I am thankful to the RJR Communications Group and RETV for giving me the opportunity to shine and spread my music to my existing fans and this also allows me to meet some new ones. The RJR Cross Country Invasion has been an amazing experience, and I expect that the RETV School Tour will be the same."

Tifa will be performing at the Dancehall Cares concert being held in Canada, which is a benefit concert in aid of the Bustamante Children's Hospital. Dancehall artist, Aidonia is also booked to perform at this charity event. After the concert, Tifa will also be performing at another show in Toronto. She has also been working on several projects for various producers that will be released next month.



-from Garrick Communications