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Miguel Orlando Collins (born 17 April 1976), known by his stage name Sizzla Kalonji or Sizzla, is a Jamaican reggae musician. He is one of the most commercially and critically successful contemporary reggae artists and is noted for his high number of releases. [1] As of 2018 he has released 56 solo albums.
The Disciples roots reggae and dub musicians have a record label entitled Boom Shaka Laka, named in honour of, and inspired by Hopeton Lewis' song (as well as by Jah Shaka and reggae culture and history in general). The Disciples also wrote a highly influential roots reggae fanzine called Boom Shaka Laka, also named after the Hopeton Lewis record.
I Wayne, Rastafarian stage name for Cliffroy Taylor (born August 6, 1980 in Portmore, Jamaica), is a roots reggae singer. He is known for his hit singles " Living In Love " and " Can't Satisfy Her " from his debut album , Lava Ground .
Inspired by the big sound systems that he had visited in his youth such as those run by Duke Reid, Coxsone Dodd and Prince Buster, and particularly King Tubby's Home Town Hi-Fi, which featured the DJ U-Roy, and the Kentone sound system featuring DJ Pampado, Smith teamed up with two friends, Lizzy and Samuel the First, to set up his own "El Paso" sound system in 1969.
The Congos are a reggae vocal group from Jamaica which formed as the duo "Ashanti" Roy Johnson (tenor) (b. Roydel Johnson, 1947, Hanover, Jamaica) and Cedric Myton (falsetto) (b. 1947, Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica), later becoming a trio with the addition of Watty Burnett (baritone) (b. early 1950s, Port Antonio, Jamaica), [1] [2] and have been active on and off from the mid-1970s until the ...
Trinity a.k.a. Junior Brammer (born Wade Brammer, 1954 – 9 April 2021) [1] [2] was a Jamaican reggae deejay and producer, whose career began in the mid-1970s and continued into the 1990s. Biography [ edit ]
Gifted is the debut studio album by Jamaican reggae singer Koffee.It was released on 25 March 2022 by Promised Land Recordings and Columbia Records. [1]Gifted debuted at number 2 on the US Billboard Reggae Albums chart with 3,500 album-equivalent units.
The Itals' debut single, "In A Dis Ya Time", is regarded as the group's finest work, and topped the Jamaican chart. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] 1987's Rasta Philosophy was nominated for a Grammy Award as Best Reggae Album. [ 1 ]