{"id":4049,"date":"2017-07-10T08:22:14","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T12:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=4049"},"modified":"2017-07-23T17:34:45","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T17:34:45","slug":"nasty-singer-in-calypso-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/nasty-singer-in-calypso-semifinals\/","title":{"rendered":"“Nasty” singer in calypso semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The journey of Queen Ivena to the 2017 Calypso Monarch is continuing and so are her legal troubles.<\/p>

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The judges decided that the singer and her controversial Nasty<\/em> song are good enough to continue on to the calypso semi-finals.<\/p>\n

Having been sued by Prime Minister Gaston Browne over some of the lyrics in her song and given the widespread interest it has generated; many observers were hoping that the momentum would have been enough and it was.<\/p>

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Queen Ivena will be hoping for better luck when she has her day in court and she\u2019s ready for that fight too.<\/p>

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\u201cThere were no slanderous lines in the song whatsoever so we were not going o be frightened by anyone in authority\u2026\u201d she insists.<\/p>\n

CALYPSO MONARCH SEMI-FINALISTS<\/p>

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De Arc.
\nDe Bear.
\nDestroyer Snr.
\nDr. Principle.\u00a0
\nDr. Solo.
\nKing Fiah.
\nKing Kaseba.
\nKing Panman.
\nKing Singing Sudden.
\nKing Zacari. Queen Althea.
\nQueen Ivena.
\nRichie Francis.
\nSage.
\nSammy C.
\nSassy.
\nStumpy.
\nWillie Wawa.
\nYoung Destroyer<\/span><\/p>\n

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