Las Vegas honours for Dexter 'Blaxx' Stewart

The growing Latin, Caribbean/West Indian community in the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, joined with local elected leaders and their representatives to honour and pay tribute to the late soca artist Dexter “Blaxx” Stewart.

The event took place at the Taste of Latin America and The Caribbean in the Arts District Downtown on April 23.

Stewart, who died on March 28, was one of the influences to promote, celebrate and preserve Caribbean/West Indian in Las Vegas, a media release said.

The posthumous recognitions were issued by Las Vegas mayor Carolyn Goodman, US House of Representatives member Susan Lee and the state’s governor, Steve Sisolak.

The Taste of Latin America and the Caribbean is a local regional passport to explore the taste, cuisine, arts and culture from Latin America and the Caribbean/West Indies. The release said AT&T was as an official sponsor for this year’s event.

Nevada has a growing Latin Caribbean/West Indian population from countries including Jamaica, TT, the Dominican Republic, Belize, St Lucia, Guyana, Puerto Rico, Grenada, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Mexico and El Salvador, among others, the release said.

It said according to the Guinn Center, 4.2 per cent of Nevada’s foreign-born population are from the Caribbean.

In 2021, Sisolak issued a proclamation designating June as Nevada Caribbean Heritage Month.