Tag Archives: Dancehall

When her first sole hit she was just 17 and graduating from cosmetology school. She regarded as keeping braiding and trimming hair for a bit, but Jamaican radio couldn’t obtain enough from the sassy and quick-witted Ms. Thing and she experienced no choice but to become dancehall superstar. It had …

A Uk dancehall MC who launched his profession in the ’80s, Tippa Irie remained active lengthy after ragga’s heyday, planing a trip to the top from the charts using a visitor shot on Dark Eyed Peas’ 2003 hit “Hey Mama” and dealing with jam rings like Long Seaside Dub All-Stars. …

Among dancehall’s most eccentric DJs, Tiger rose to popularity during the second option half from the ’80s having a distinctively offbeat toasting design, filled with growls (true to his name), grunts, odd vocal results, rapid-fire rhymes, and witty asides. Tiger was created Norman Washington Jackson in Kingston on June 6, …

b. 4 January 1962, Kingston, Jamaica, Western world Indies. Malvo provides voiced many strikes for several Jamaica’s top companies in the design of a dancehall vocalist. His initial strikes include ‘Arrive BACK AGAIN TO Me’ and ‘Rainfall IN THE Skies’, both with Tiger, and ‘Consider You TOWARDS THE Dance’ with …

Vocalist, songwriter, DJ, maker, and multi-instrumentalist Alborosie finished up one of the most unlikely of Jamaica’s dancehall and reggae celebrities. Given birth to Alberto D’Ascola in Marsala, Sicily on July 4, 1977, the child of the retired officer, Alborosie trained himself to try out acoustic guitar, bass, drums, and piano, …

The brainchild of brothers Ron and Vaughn Benjamin, Midnite formed in the Virgin Islands island of St. Croix in 1989. The quintet people possess included Dion Hopkins (drums), Joe Straws (bass), Trippa (acoustic guitar), Ron (keyboards), and Vaughn (lead vocals). They’re well-known in St. Croix, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico, as …

Papa Michigan (given birth to Anthony Fairclough) and General Smiley (given birth to Erroll Bennett) were one of the primary dual-toasters within the Jamaican picture. From the past due ’70s while still in college, the funny duo (Smiley got his name because he hardly ever smiles) scored instantly with “Rub …

b. 1964, Maxfield Recreation area, Kingston, Jamaica, Western Indies. Influenced by his neighbour, Leroy Wise, Palmer started his career performing within the Echo Shade Hi Fi Audio. The audio system presented Big John, Flux and owner General Echo, who have been all wiped out in 1980 carrying out a capturing …

The musical career of Rayvon (born Bruce Brewster) really began when the young musician-turned-rap/reggae MC met fellow aspiring artist Shaggy in a fresh York recording studio. Ultimately the two documented the local dancehall strike “Big Up” in 1992 which garnered severe industry and well-known desire for the duo. Rayvon collaborated …

The Skeletones released their reggae-fied debut album Dr. Bone fragments in 1996 over the Noise label.