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Byron Messia

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Byron Messia (Dylan Byron) is a Jamaican-born, Saint Kitts and Nevis-raised singjay whose 2023 single 'Talibans' and its Burna Boy remix reached the US Billboard Hot 100 and earned BPI gold certification, marking one of dancehall's clearest Afrobeats crossovers of the decade.

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Byron Messia On 'Talibans' And His Meteoric Rise In Music

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