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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. [6][7] In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably, with digital dancehall (or "ragga ...
Kariba suit. A Kariba or Kareeba suit is a two-piece suit for men created by Jamaican designer Ivy Ralph, mother of Sheryl Lee Ralph, in the early 1970s to be worn on business and formal occasions as a Caribbean replacement for the European -style suit and a visual symbol of decolonisation. [1] The suit was popularised by Michael Manley, the ...
Culture of Jamaica. Jamaican culture consists of the religion, norms, values, and lifestyle that define the people of Jamaica. The culture is mixed, with an ethnically diverse society, stemming from a history of inhabitants beginning with the original inhabitants of Jamaica (the Taínos). The Spaniards originally brought slavery to Jamaica.
In the 1960s, the Jamaican diaspora introduced rude boy music and fashion to the United Kingdom, which influenced the mod and skinhead subcultures. [10] [11] In the late 1970s, the term rude boy and rude boy fashions came back into use after the 2 tone band the Specials (notably with a cover of "A Message to You Rudy") and their record label 2 Tone Records instigated a brief but influential ...
Reggae fusion. Reggae fusion is a mixture of reggae or dancehall with elements of other genres, such as hip hop, R&B, jazz, rock, drum and bass, punk or polka. [12] Although artists have been mixing reggae with other genres from as early as the early 1970s, it was not until the late 1990s when the term was coined.
Career. Williams was discovered in a model search competition in Jamaica called Caribbean Model Search, in 2005; she subsequently signed with New York Models. In 2009, she appeared in a United Colors of Benetton campaign (with models including Constance Jablonski, Liu Wen, Simon Nessman, and Tao Okamoto) which led to Vogue editor-in-chief Anna ...
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In addition to appearing on the covers of Vogue Italia [5] and Harper's Bazaar UK, she has appeared in multiple beauty advertisements for Bobbi Brown, Gucci, Laura Mercier, NARS Cosmetics, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Tom Ford, for which models.com ranks her as a "Money Girl". [6] She has done editorials for WSJ, [7] Vogue Japan, Harper's Bazaar ...