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The Dutty Wine is a Jamaican dance, typically performed by young women. [1] The dance originated in Jamaica as with many other dances like "Log on" and "Screechie". There are several dancers in Jamaica who claim they were its creator, among them a dancehall queen named Mad Michelle who refers to a video recording from 2003. [2]
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.
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.
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.
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 ]
The following year, she appeared on the Two Culture Clash project, where she was featured on the album's lead single, "How Do You Love" featuring fellow reggae artist, Danny English. Her fourth studio album, Where I've Been , was released in 2005, preceded by the single "Man Dem Thriller" and released through the independent record label , Wall ...
Richard Patrick Bennett OD, better known by the stage name Charlie Chaplin, [1] is a Jamaican dancehall and ragga singer and deejay. It was common for Jamaican deejays of the era to name themselves after film stars or characters. Bennett, however, had been nicknamed after the comedian since his youth. [1]
Leroy Russell Junior (born 4 November 1987), better known by his stage names Tommy Lee and Tommy Lee Sparta, is a Jamaican dancehall artist from Flankers, Montego Bay, Jamaica. [1] Tommy Lee Sparta gained popularity as a member of Adidjahiem Records and the associated Portmore Empire crew under the leadership of Vybz Kartel . [ 2 ]