{"id":54602,"date":"2025-06-22T12:58:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T12:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kevin-kade-element-join-star-studded-lineup-for-rwanda-convention-usa\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T11:42:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T11:42:40","slug":"kevin-kade-element-join-star-studded-lineup-for-rwanda-convention-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kevin-kade-element-join-star-studded-lineup-for-rwanda-convention-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Kade, Element join star-studded lineup for &#8216;Rwanda Convention USA&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The announcement, made by the Embassy of Rwanda in the United States, confirms the two artists will join afrobeat sensation The Ben for a much-anticipated concert on July 5. The trio is expected to bring high energy and unforgettable performances to the main stage.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration kicks off on July 4 with a powerful performance by cultural icon Massamba Intore, setting the tone for a weekend of music, unity, and pride. Gospel favourite Meddy will close out the event on July 6, leading a worship and praise session as attendees wrap up the three-day gathering on a spiritual high.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s edition will be hosted at the Irving Convention Center in Texas, marking the return of Rwanda Convention USA after a five-year break\u2014the last one being held in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The convention offers Rwandans living across the U.S. a vibrant space to reconnect, reflect, and celebrate both Rwanda\u2019s Liberation Day and American Independence Day, which are both commemorated on July 4.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1253\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CLQ5TSQlA08\" title=\"Kevin Kade, The Ben, ELEMENT Ele\u00e9eH - SiKOSA (Official Music Video)\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-89599 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/the_ben1-38-6c416.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-89598 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/503766645_18508118518036530_49150826657943313_n_1_-9c781.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwandan music stars Kevin Kade and Element have officially been added to the performance lineup for Rwanda Convention USA 2025, set to take place from July 4 to 6 in Texas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000089597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-54602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000089597,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/log1l-bbf74.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/log1l-bbf74.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/log1l-bbf74.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/log1l-bbf74.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/log1l-bbf74.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/log1l-bbf74.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000089597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54602"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=54602"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=54602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}