{"id":2196503,"date":"2025-12-12T16:11:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T16:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2196503"},"modified":"2025-12-12T16:11:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T16:11:59","slug":"matt-bs-remarkable-intercontinental-collaboration-on-new-single-they-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/matt-bs-remarkable-intercontinental-collaboration-on-new-single-they-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt B\u2019s Remarkable Intercontinental collaboration on New Single \u201cThey Know\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-111634\">\n<div class=\"post-image-content\">\n<figure class=\"post-featured-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- end.post-image-content --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <!-- end .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Grammy Award winner Matt B recently appeared in a cross-continental collaboration titled \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4pS1uMJ\" title=\"\">They Know<\/a>\u201d. This new single brings together Rocky Dawuni (Ghana), Wouter Kellerman (South Africa), and Tony Succar (Peru\/US). The result is a dazzling mix of Afrobeats, salsa, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldmusiccentral.org\/reggae-the-timeless-rhythm-of-jamaica\" title=\"\">reggae<\/a>, jazz, and R&amp;B. A chorus in West African Pidgin English adds a shared language of resilience to the release.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"They Know - Wouter Kellerman, Rocky Dawuni, Matt B, Tony Succar\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s9zXCrs-qpY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Chicago-born artist reached a new career peak this year with a Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album for <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4iRWapH\" title=\"\">Alkebulan II<\/a><\/em>. The project set a series of milestones. It marked the first Grammy recognition linked to East Africa and Uganda; delivered the first Grammy Award in the 79-year history of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; and brought together sessions recorded in Los Angeles, Johannesburg, Cape Town, London\u2019s Abbey Road Studios, Namibia, and Uganda.<\/p>\n<div class=\"guerrillawrap\">\n<div class=\"guerrillagravatar\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5edbe3c3cb9eb17444f04e58aba75ae61da0785b1ad24ec34778ee48af31dd80?s=80&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5edbe3c3cb9eb17444f04e58aba75ae61da0785b1ad24ec34778ee48af31dd80?s=160&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<h4>Author: <span>World Music Central News Room<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>World music news from the editors at World Music Central&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content addtoany_content_bottom\">\n<div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" data-a2a-url=\"https:\/\/worldmusiccentral.org\/matt-bs-remarkable-intercontinental-collaboration-on-new-single-they-know\/\" data-a2a-title=\"Matt B\u2019s Remarkable Intercontinental collaboration on New Single \u201cThey Know\u201d\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.addtoany.com\/buttons\/share_save_171_16.png?w=790&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- end .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source worldmusiccentral.org \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grammy Award winner Matt B recently appeared in a cross-continental collaboration titled \u201cThey Know\u201d. This new single brings together Rocky Dawuni (Ghana), Wouter Kellerman (South Africa), and Tony Succar (Peru\/US). The result is a dazzling mix of Afrobeats, salsa, reggae, jazz, and R&amp;B. 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