Keonté Beals

Keonté Beals is a Black Canadian singer/songwriter from North Preston Nova Scotia. The award-winning multi-hyphenate artist was born and raised in North Preston, Nova Scotia, where he started singing at the age of seven. In 2016, Keonté released “Man Down” from his self-titled EP ‘Keonté,’ followed by a second single “4 Ever” in 2017 and is the winner of various awards including Music Nova Scotia, African Nova Scotian Music Association (including Artist of the Year 2020), Coast Halifax, East Coast Music Association; Challenge AIDS and Malaria in Africa and recognized with an MLA Rising Star award.Keonté, in collaboration with CBC radio, produced a special “Keonte Beals: Christmas in North Preston”, which was rated the number one story in Canada and earned a feature in “Being Black in Canada”.

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