Flourgon To Perform ‘We Run Tings’ At Virtual Inauguration Party For Kamala Harris

Veteran deejay Flourgon has been confirmed as one of the select group of  Jamaican acts chosen from across the Caribbean region for a virtual inauguration party in honor of United States Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

The singer, whose real name is Michael May, is grateful and excited about the opportunity to perform at such a prestigious event.

“I feel great because this is a wonderful opportunity, and I am grateful that they chose me out of the bunch, maybe as a result of my work over the years and how me keep myself as an artiste. Plus I really respect Kamala Harris as the first black vice president, and as the first woman,” Flourgon told DancehallMag.

“I plan to perform We Run Tings as part of my set. Kamala Harris is a real toppa top, and people from Jamaica and the Caribbean respect her to the max so it feels great to do this. One million thanks.”

The event is being organised by the Caribbean American Action Network (CAAN), a collective of Caribbean American and Caribbean organisations, on January 17, to celebrate the rise to office of Harris, whose father is Jamaican.

The virtual inauguration party, which will be held a mere days before the official swearing-in of US President-elect Joe Biden on January 20, is being staged under the theme ‘Celebrating Caribbean American Kamala’.

According to the organisers, other artistes who will be performing will be Barbados’ soca king Edwin Yearwood, Fab 5, Jamaican gospel singer Joan Meyers, Guyanese Menes De Griot and Shanto; Vincentian Frankie McIntosh as well as emerging acts Toni Norville, Kirk Brown, Janine Jkuhl, Owen Dalhouse, Maxie Gouevia, and Rashid Thorpe.

The event will be co-hosted by the first black woman in a James Bond movie, Trina Parks, whose roots extend to Barbados, through her mother, and to Antigua through her grandparents.

Flourgon sued American pop star, Miley Cyrus, in March of last year for US$300 million for the use of the lyric “we run things, things don’t run we” in her 2013 smash hit We Cant Stop, claiming it was from his 1988 hit We Run Things.  The parties in the suit reached a settlement in January 2020.