PRESS RELEASE                                 For Immediate Release

 

(Chicago/Coral Springs, Florida – March 09, 2025)

 

 Legendary Actor/Comedian, Dr. Oliver Samuels, OD, will be the recipient of the Golden Lifetime Award for 55 years in entertainment and will be named Caribbean King of Comedy at the 42nd staging of the International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA), on Sunday March 30th at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts, South Florida. He along with Spoken Word nominee, Actress/Author/Poet, Judith Falloon-Reid from Panama will host this year’s IRAWMA.

The tickets and seats for this Reggae and World Music’s Biggest Night of honor are limited and are available at www.irawma.com. For fans around the world who cannot attend, they can register and watch live via Pay Per View for only $9.99, now in advance, by clicking this link https://maestro.tv/vclconcertslive/irawma-awards.

 

Some 160 nominees are vying for best of 2024 in 40 categories, and the voting to select the winners is now in progress at www.irawma.com and will end this Monday, March 10^th.  Ten entertainment and music industry veterans will receive Special Lifetime and Awards of Honor, and they can also be seen at www.irawma.com.

 

With glitz and glamour, celebrities and V-VIP ticket holders will walk the 6 feet by 100 feet red carpet starting at 6pm EST with a VIP Reception through 7:30pm, general admission tickets starting at 7:00pm and the Awards Showcase at 7:30pm.

 

Dr. Ephraim Martin, BH{M}, President and Producer of IRAWMA, who recently, celebrated his Golden 50^th Anniversary in media, entertainment, and activism, said. “This is the 42^nd year that Martin’s International two Awards events, the annual IRAWMA and the annual Chicago Music Awards, have been bestowing honors on our music legends, and between both annual Awards ceremonies, we have to date, nominated more than 18,000 nominees, and bestowed honors and awarded more than 3,500 Awards winners, globally.

 

Thanks to the staff, volunteers, music industry members, supporting sponsors and others who have helped us to make it through these years. We intend to uphold the integrity of IRAWMA by giving credit only where credit is due, without compromise. We again salute all this year’s 160 nominees and the ten special honorees for their endless contributions to the entertainment industry over the years”, Dr. Martin said. 

 

“For the enhancement of reggae, world music, health advocacy, and our social justice activity we need the support of the music industry, other businesses, and individuals to become supporting partners or category sponsors.  Your tax-deductible donation would be used to enhance the level of production, keep IRAWMA strong, and for the fortification of reggae and world music globally,” President Martin concluded.

 

IRAWMA is made possible through generous contributions and support from sponsors, Broward County Florida Cultural Division, VP Records, Tuff Gong International, Reggae Festival Guide, The Halls of Justice”- Hon. L. Priscilla Hall/Hon. Shelvin L.M. Hall, Elite Chauffeurs-Hamies Jones, Island Sips- Health Restaurant, 25^th Century Radio, Flexx TV, Old World Market, Rogers Park Fruit Market, and others.

 

A limited number of V-VIP, VIP and general tickets are available at www.thecentercs.com,  and hotel packages are available to the public at www.irawma.com, email, irawma@gmail.com or call 877/9-REGGAE.

 

Media Contact: Terrel Blackett at Terrel.martinsinternational@gmail.com.