DJ Khaled has revealed that he will be partnering with Solid Agency’s Sharon Burke, one of Jamaica’s most successful music executives, to stage a ‘Khaled and Friends Concert’ in Jamaica.
On Friday, Khaled posted two video clips of himself and Burke, one of them being chauffeur-driven through the city, and the other of them chilling at his home in Miami, where he stated that the event was not a new idea, but that he and Burke, had been contemplating it from as far back as 2020.
Burke, who formed Solid Agency, an artist management, bookings, and event management company in 1992, has been the mastermind behind the successful staging of some of the most significant dancehall events ever produced in Jamaica, the most recent of which was the legendary VERZUZ clash between Bounty Killer and Beenie Man in 2020.
Sharon was also the engine behind Buju Banton’s Long Walk to Freedom, Reggae Sunsplash 1995, Bounty Killer’s Saddle to the East, Fully Loaded, Re-Loaded, and Overloaded. She was also involved with the Shaggy & Friends Charity Concert in 2009 and Bounty Killer’s It’s a Party.
She has also been behind the development of the careers of some of the most iconic names in Jamaican music, including Shaggy, and has served as booking agent for shows and concert tours for the likes of Freddie McGregor, Admiral Bailey, Barrington Levy, Third World, Bounty Killer, Wayne Marshall, Kiprich, Voicemail, Aidonia, Etana, Tony Matterhorn, Wyclef Jean, I-Wayne, Nanko and Bass Odyssey.
