Carlene The Dancehall Queen

b. Carlene Smith, Beverly Hillsides, Kingston 6, Jamaica, Western world Indies. Regardless of her ghetto picture Smith got a middle income upbringing and grew up in the region of Ravina by her German mom and Jamaican dad. She actually is celebrated for dancehall movements that she nurtured executing at regional fêtes and teenager jams. She was informed in the Alpha Preparatory, Excelsior SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL and lastly the Eastern Academy where she finished a secretarial program. In 1992, she joined some eight style clash stage displays celebrated as Uptown Vs Dancehall. Her achievement in these displays led to her becoming crowned The Dancehall Queen. Her new-found superstar status led to promotional function in Jamaica endorsing numerous products and businesses and Jamaica’s 1st locally created condoms called Slam. The condom wrapper presented Carlene as well as the proclamation ‘Slam Nation’ on the Jamaican flag, which led to controversy when the advertising led to queries in parliament. The advertising campaign presented Carlene inflating a sheath as well as the Beenie Man jingle ‘Nuff Slam’, an incongruous tune made by Tony Kelly. Carlene experienced a long-term romantic relationship with Beenie Guy and the few became press favourites in Jamaica. As is usually usually the case using the intrusive character from the paparazzi their interest in the middle-90s became extreme. At the moment Carlene was anticipating the DJ’s kid and through the being pregnant she miscarried. She made an appearance in several music videos such as for example Beenie Guy’s ‘Nuff Gal’ (before their amicable parting), Admiral Bailey’s ‘Butterfly’ and Chaka Demus And Pliers’ ‘Murder She Wrote’. Furthermore to her dancehall achievement she performed on the Jamaican Carnival and was also honoured as the neighborhood Soca Queen. In her function being a calypso queen she performed alongside Byron Lee and Mighty Sparrow in dance contests. Carlene also embarked on the recording profession with manufacturers Sly And Robbie who released her debut, a cover edition from the Eurythmics’ ‘Special Dreams (ARE CONSTRUCTED OF This)’. Her superstar status was improved when she made an appearance in the ill-fated film Klash, and a cameo in the favorite CVM-TV tv series Royal Hand Estate.