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The dance halls of Jamaica in the 1950s and 1960s were home to public dances usually targeted at younger patrons. Sound system operators had big home-made audio systems (often housed in the flat bed of a pickup truck), spinning records from popular American rhythm and blues musicians and Jamaican ska and rocksteady performers.
Denise Cumberland, known under the performance name of Dancehall Queen Stacey, is a Jamaican dancer who was crowned Dancehall Queen there in 1999. Biography [ edit ]
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. [4] [5] Initially, dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s.
In 2013 his song "Gun Shot a Fire" was featured in the official soundtrack for the video game Grand Theft Auto V. In March 2014, he became an official brand ambassador for Pepsi. [8] In April 2016 he released the single "Bruk Off Yuh Back" and a remix by Chris Brown was released in 2017.
Grace Latoya Hamilton (born 6 August 1982), [1] known professionally as Spice, is a Jamaican dancehall recording artist, singer, and songwriter. Known as the "Queen of Dancehall" and credited as one of the most influential female Jamaican artists of all time, she is recognised as one of the most prominent dancehall artists in the world.
Dancehall pop is a sub-genre of the Jamaican genre dancehall that originated in the early 2000s. [1] Developing from the sounds of reggae , dancehall pop is characteristically different in its fusion with western pop music and digital music production. [ 2 ]
Wallace Wilson (born 17 January 1978), better known by the stage name Red Rat, is a Jamaican dancehall reggae recording and performing artist. [1] He is known for his up-beat music, comical style, and signature catch phrase "Oh, no!"
Jahvillani, born Dujon Mario Edwards is a Jamaican and dancehall artist from Great Pond, St.Ann, a parish in Jamaica. He has two sisters and was raised by a single parent. He has two sisters and was raised by a single parent.