Dominican artiste shares his hopes and dreams

It has been just over five years since Hurricane Maria slammed into Dominica as a category five system packing winds in excess of 160 miles per hour.

That hurricane devastated the country’s physical infrastructure and displaced hundreds of families, leaving damages estimated at 1.3 billion dollars or 226% of GDP.

Since then, the government and citizens have embodied the definition of a resilient people, rebuilding their lives, contending with the COVID-19 pandemic and everything in between.

We caught up with an aspiring artiste, who shared his struggles and is still hoping to make it big in the music industry in the region and beyond.

Here’s more from our Reanne Phillips.

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