Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Jesse Royal Dismantles Rastafarian Stereotypes in 'Natty Pablo' Video: Premiere
billboard.comWhile Rastafarians continue to promote self-care, good health and spiritual togetherness, they have historically been targeted by political forces due to their beliefs.
Jesse Royal, a reggae artist from Jamaica's St. James parish, aims to bring those stereotypes to light in his new video for "Natty Pablo."Premiering on Billboard below, the 300K-directed video finds the artist moving product on a truck before he and his crew get stopped by the police.
But instead of finding drugs as they predicted, the officers are met with a surprise that reflects their contradictory mind-set."Ain't nothing like di Narcos, tell mi where we cyan go with this contraband inna we cargo/ Call him Natty Pablo," Royal spits on the chorus atop a steady, pounding.
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