- UKaren waba ligama lekhaya kwezokhenketho nakwiJamicaica ebanzi.
- Waye wadibana nolonwabo kwezokhenketho kwaye wayesiya kwenza imisitho emininzi kwicandelo.
- USmith wayengumongameli wangaphambili we-Jamaica Federation of Musicians kunye ne-Affiliates Union kwaye wafumana i-Order of Distinction kwinqanaba leGosa.
“Icandelo lezokhenketho liphela lilila ngokusweleka Karen Smith ozise intlantsi kunye nobungcali kwimidlalo yakhe. Ndenza amazwi ovelwano olunzulu kusapho, izihlobo, kunye noogxa bakhe, utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett. "UKaren waba ligama elaziwayo kwezokhenketho nakwiJamaica ebanzi ngezwi lakhe eliqaqambileyo nelizwi elahlukileyo," wongeze watsho uMphathiswa uBartlett.
“Ndinebhongo kakhulu ngokuba ngumhlobo kaKaren, ngokuqinisekileyo wayeyimbalasane yobabalo, umtsalane kunye nobuchule bokuyila. Iingoma zakhe azikhange zithande uninzi lwethu kodwa zidale intuthuzelo kubantu abaninzi kwiimeko ezahlukeneyo. Uyakukhunjulwa nangobunkokeli obugqwesileyo awabunika iqela lomculo, ”utshilo.
USmith wayengumongameli wangaphambili we-Jamaica Federation of Musicians kunye ne-Affiliates Union kwaye wayengumamkeli we-Order of Distinction kwinqanaba leGosa.
“UKaren wafana nabantu bezolonwabo kukhenketho kwaye yayikukuya kwenza imisitho emininzi kwicandelo. Ubusazi ukuba xa uKaren ebhukishile, intsebenzo izakube ingenamthungo kwaye ibandakanyeke, utshilo uMlawuli wezoKhenketho, uDonovan White.
Eyaziwa ngeengoma eziquka "iParadesi," "Ndayifuna iNkosi," kwaye "Ndiyakwazi Ukuwa," uSmith naye wayengomnye wesithathu weqela, uPakage, equka iimvumi uGem Myers noPatricia Edwards.