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Chevoy 'Kool Ravers' Grant

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Member of Ding Dong's Ravers Clavers crew from Nannyville, best known as creator of the 'Fling' dance, for which he received recognition from the Jamaican Prime Minister; an advocate against exploitation of dancehall dancers abroad.

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DancehallMag 'Kool Ravers Wants To Protect Dancehall Dancers...', 2019.

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People & rolesDance, body & movement

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"Too Kool" by KOOL RAVERS [Dance Skool]

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Story · ProbableThe crew era: Black Roses to Ouch

From a Waterhouse dance troupe to a fashion collective archived in art museums, Jamaica's street-dance crews built a lineage of their own.

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