Monday, 30 November 2015

An old man moroccan who sang bob marley

Friday, 20 November 2015

Jah Screechy & Macka B [Freestyle Exclusive Live & Direct @ YouTube]

Jah Screechy & Macka B Freestyle Exclusive
[Live & Direct @ YouTube]
Jah Screechy & Macka B performing together for the first time ever.

General Levy - Champagne Body [Live & Direct @ YouTube]

General Levy - Champagne Body
[Live & Direct @ YouTube]
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Saturday, 31 October 2015

Musicians wanted for Live Sessions @ YouTube studios London

Musicians wanted for Live Sessions @ YouTube studios London

We are a multi-cultural company who preserve and document the history of sound systems and reggae culture, promoting up and coming acts and established artists at YouTube Studios.

We bring together musicians of multiple genres to educate a young audience on the foundations of the music/culture, also enabling an older audience an insight into the up and coming talent. We also bring exposure to urban music on the channel promoting DJ’s and artists. We additionally document and preserve the cultural/musical heritage of the reggae,soul and hip-hop scene.

We have two channels on at YouTube. One is a Don Sinclair Reggae Vibes the other is Urban Rockers.

We are currently looking for singers to showcase and promote on both channels depending on your style of music.

We put on a show once a month where each act will showcase 3 original tracks and have a 20-30 mins interview. We will provide a worldwide platform to showcase your talent.

So come and show your talent at YouTube studios so please fill in the date base form for this great opportunity.
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please note as we get a high number of applicants unfortunately only successful applicants will be contacted.

Please check video link for previous artists we have had on the show.
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Wednesday, 28 October 2015

WAH DAT DISCO 1986 FT GENERAL TREES & TENOR SAW

Tuesday, 13 October 2015

African Symbol ft Super Black, White Mice, Echo Minott, Yami Bolo, Pad A...

African Symbol ft Super Black, White Mice, Echo Minott, Yami Bolo, Pad Anthony, Lady Saw 1987

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Friday, 2 October 2015

Jah Screechy - Walk and Skank [Live & Direct @ YouTube]

Jah Screechy - Walk and Skank [Live & Direct @ YouTube]
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Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Dennis Bovell - After Tonight [Live & Direct @ YouTube]

Dennis Bovell - After Tonight [Live & Direct @ YouTube]
Dennis Bovell is a reggae guitarist, bass player and record producer. He was a member of the British reggae band Matumbi, and released dub-reggae records under his own name as well as the pseudonym Blackbeard. He is most widely known for his decades-spanning collaborations with Linton Kwesi Johnson. Bovell moved to South London and became immersed in Jamaican culture, particularly dub music, setting up his own Jah Sufferer sound system. Bovell was friends at school with future rock musicians including keyboardist Nick Straker and record producer Tony Mansfield, both of whom later worked with Bovell. He formed Matumbi in the mid-1970s.

Macka B - 45 [Live

Macka B - 45 [Live & Direct @ YouTube]
Macka B was first impressed by the reggae of the Lord Barley sound-system playing at a blues party next to his parents' house, but also played violin and sang in the choir at school. He went on to take a technical apprenticeship at the Ever Ready factory. When the factory closed and he was laid off, he began to devote more time to practising his toasting skills, influenced by earlier Jamaican toasters U-Roy, I-Roy, Big Youth, and especially Prince Far I.

Friday, 25 September 2015

Macka B - Ital [Live & Direct @ YouTube]

Macka B was first impressed by the reggae of the Lord Barley sound-system playing at a blues party next to his parents' house, but also played violin and sang in the choir at school. He went on to take a technical apprenticeship at the Ever Ready factory. When the factory closed and he was laid off, he began to devote more time to practising his toasting skills, influenced by earlier Jamaican toasters U-Roy, I-Roy, Big Youth, and especially Prince Far I.

Soon Macka B formed the Exodus sound system with friends and became a Rastafarian. His 1982 trip to Jamaica galvanised his commitment to toasting and the following year he won a DJ-ing competition. After this Macka B began to feature on the radio as well as perform with local band Pre-Wax, who had a hit with "Maggie's Letter". He became a regular performer on Birmingham's Jah Wasifa sound system. He had a weekly slot on the television programme Ebony in 1984. He approached Neil "Mad Professor" Fraser with a view to recording and after submitting a tape of his work, the producer agreed to produce his first album, beginning a long association. Around the same time, a tape of his performance in a sound-system battle between the Jah Wasifa sound system and Saxon Studio International ended up with Fashion Records in London. The record label gave Macka B the opportunity to record his first solo single, "Bible Reader", which was released in 1985, the first of three singles for the label.

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Dj Vaze Exclusive Interview @ YouTube

Dj Vaze Exclusive Interview @ YouTube

Dj Vaze has led the way as a club DJ, Radio

Personality, Remixer and now as a Turntablist.

From the club to the radio to live showcasing

Dj Vaze is a true original ñ an innovator and a

groundbreaking visionary.

Working for East West/Atlantic Records on the promotion and

marketing of Sean Pauls 1st International hit single Gimme the

light, MOBO award winner Wayne Wonder's No letting go. Dj Vaze

has been prevalent on the club circuit, ranging into corporate events

including Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's Christmas party.

Acclaimed for his seamless mixing for a club crowd Dj Vaze

is also an established Turntable, Using the patented Technics 1200's to display the art form of Real Time Scratching,Beat Juggling, Body Tricks and Beat Mixing. Dj Vaze's work has

granted him access to perform in the hottest clubs and special events across the UK and around the world including Netherlands,

Miami and Spain. In 2010 he competed against Europe's finest up

and coming talent in the Gemini DJV competitionand placed 3rd. His unique style of Djing has led Dj Vaze to host his own Internet Radio Show also expand his fan base oversees, Being the 1st

Reggae/Dancehall DJ to play in the club capital of Ohrid, Macedonia. Dj Vaze was a finalist in 3 prestigious competitions

in the past year alone these being the UK DMC Championships, IDA UK & IRL Dj Championships & Basement DJ Battle. His unique style of Djing has been described as New Age, Innovative and Energetic. Combining light scratches over classic Dancehall ballads and harmonic mixing between Reggae,Hip Hop, R'n'B and Reggaeton. Dj Vaze offers an explosive performance both audio and visually.

With a challenging spirit, fiery determination and inexhaustible

energy,when he's not on the airor in the studio, youíll find him treating fans to mind blowing spins at the hottest clubs in London

or travelling the globe. Staying true to the artform seeing Dj Vaze,

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Macka B - Invasion [Live & Direct @ YouTube]

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Jah Screechy Exclusive Interview @ YouTube

Jah Screechy most famous for his anthem ‘Walk and

Skank’ on Blacker Dread Records, a track conceptualized in the

dancehall on Sir Lloyd Coxsone sound, where Screechy first toasted

over 20 years ago (then known as ‘Jah Screechy Banton’). The original

1984 release ‘Walk and Skank’ was mixed by Peter Chemist on the Answer

Riddim for Blacker Dread and has been remixed by various producers

ever since, the most notorious being the 1992 smash from SL2 ‘On a

Ragga Tip’ released on XL records, an instant classic which achieved

commercial success bringing the anthemic ‘Walk & Skank’ chorus to a

worldwide audience.

Right now Screechy is back on the scene working on

some fresh material

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Saturday, 5 September 2015

HitLeap is a free traffic exchange service

HitLeap is a free traffic exchange service. It hooks up people who want to promote their sites with other people who also want to promote their sites. The idea is a mutual exchange of viewers; you show me yours I’ll show you mine, in a website sense.

As a HitLeap user, you can submit a URL into their network. Then nothing happens, because you don’t have any accrued minutes. In order to earn hits to your website, you need to acquire minutes. In order to acquire minutes, you need to browse through the HitLeap network and click on existing links to other sites. You have to do this through their browser, in order for the clicks to count.

Once you have earned minutes, you can spend them to put your link into the public awareness for a certain number of hits. Once you’ve gained that traffic, you’ve spent your minutes, and you must accrue more in order to earn more traffic.

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Thursday, 3 September 2015

Cutty Ranks Live & Direct @ Notting Hill Carnival 2015

Cutty Ranks Live & direct Notting Hill Carnival 2015

Big Respect Going out to Cutty Ranks

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Philip Thomas (born 12 February 1965), better known as Cutty Ranks is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall musician.

Thomas was born in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica in 1965. He began his career as a reggae artist at the age of eleven with local sound systems, going on to work with the Gemini sound system, before moving on to work with Tony Rebel's Rebel Tone and Papa Roots, and later working with Stereo Mars, Arrows and Metro Media.He joined Killamanjaro where he worked alongside Early B, Super Cat, Puddy Roots, and Little Twitch, and then Sturmars where he worked with Josey Wales, Nicodemus, Super Cat, U Brown and Yami Bolo. His first job on leaving school was as a butcher.

During the eighties, Ranks moved on to the Arrows sound system and his debut single "Gunman Lyrics" was recorded for Winston Riley's Techniques label. He also recorded such tracks as "Out Of Hand" and "Fishman Lyrics" with Riley and after spending some time in Miami working with Super Cat and Nicodemus, he worked with Patrick Roberts' Shocking Vibes label, releasing the single "The Bomber". In 1990 he joined Donovan Germain's Penthouse label, enjoying a hit with "Pon Mi Nozzle".

Ranks came to the attention of London-based Fashion Records, and in 1991 he released "The Stopper" and a debut album of the same name for Fashion, following this up with the album Lethal Weapon in the same year for Penthouse, featuring singers such as Marcia Griffiths, Dennis Brown, Wayne Wonder and Beres Hammond. His follow-up albums From Mi Heart and Six Million Ways to Die were released on Priority Records in 1996. Six Million Ways to Die included a hip hop remix of Ranks' song "A Who Seh Me Dun" which was voiced earlier over the Bam Bam riddim in 1992. In 2000, he released the album Back With A Vengeance produced by King Jammy. This album saw Ranks venture into other musical styles, including hip hop and dancehall. His song "Bomber" is considered a classic in Jamaica.

Cutty Ranks has been influential outside the world of dancehall, particularly in the field of drum and bass and jungle. His vocals have been frequently sampled and his songs remixed by artists such as Goldie. The DJ SS remix of "Limb By Limb" appeared on the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted in 1996, being blasted at volume by Father Fintan Stack, a belligerent and disagreeable priest that is drafted in to replace a then-retired Father Jack. A further notable jungle track using Rank's vocal is 'War in 94' produced by Badman (aka Marvellous Cain) on IQ records, released in 1994.

He now releases music on his own Philip Music label. He has rejected the 'slackness' of modern dancehall in favour of more 'cultural' concerns. In 2012 he released the album Full Blast, featuring guest appearances from Beres Hammond, Luciano, and Gwen Guthrie. In 2013 he featured on 2 Chainz's "Slums of the Ghetto" and a remix of T.RONE's "Hello Love".

Thursday, 13 August 2015

Sir Coxsone Exclusive Interview @ YouTube Studios {31July 2015}

Lloyd Coxsone & father festus Celebrating 50 years of when they started Sir Coxsone outernational. This Exclusive content contains Lloyd Coxsone & father festus @ YouTube studios talking about the history of sir coxsone.

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Friday, 7 August 2015

Sir Coxsone Live & Direct @ YouTube 31/7/15

Sir Coxsone Live & Direct @ YouTube 31/7/15
Lloyd Coxsone & father festus Celebrating 50 years of when they started Sir Coxsone outernational. This Exclusive content contains Lloyd Coxsone & father festus @ YouTube studios playing vintage Dubplates also droping a few 2016 Exclusives

Friday, 29 May 2015

Dennis Emmanuel Brown

Reggae artist Dennis Brown began his career at the age of 12, when he recorded the hit single "No Man is an Island."

Dennis Brown was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1957. Hailed as a child prodigy and called the "Michael Jackson of reggae," Brown was just 12 years old when he recorded his first album, No Man is an Island, which included the hit single of the same name. Largely hailed as "reggae's king" following Bob Marley's death in 1981, Brown recorded nearly 80 albums over his 30-year career. His addiction to cocaine contributed to his early death on July 1, 1999.

Early Career

Born as Dennis Emmanuel Brown on February 1, 1957 in Kingston, Jamaica. Dubbed by Bob Marley as his successor and called the "Crown Prince" of reggae, Brown was just 12 years old when he created his first hit single, "No Man is an Island." He recorded the song at the famed Studio One Records in 1969, as part of his album of the same name. Brown had begun working toward a music career three years prior to the release of No Man is an Island; at the age of 9, he had begun singing with Byron Lee and the Dragonaires. During concerts, the young Brown stood atop beer boxes so that he could be seen. In 1968, He had caught the attention of Studio One sound system operator Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, and soon began recording at the studio, where Bob Marley had carved out his sound several years before. During an amazing two-day session, Brown recorded two albums: No Man Is an Island and If I Follow My Heart.

Dennis Brown Birthday Bash Jamaica 1997 pt1

Commercial Success

In 1971, Brown released Super Reggae & Soul Hits, which featured a more mature sound and pushed Brown to stardom. His silky, smooth voice endeared him to listeners and record executives, and as his stature grew, so did the demands from record producers who wanted to tap into his success. Over his nearly 30-year career, Brown churned out 80 albums for some 40 different recording labels. His hits include "Some Like It Hot," "Cassandra," "Westbound Train," "My Time," "How Could I Leave" and "Ghetto Girl." His 1972 single, "In My Pocket," landed among the U.K.'s Top 10.

Dennis Brown - Remember Me Always

Brown's career mirrored the changes in reggae music, from lovers' rock to dancehall, to digital. With each change, the easy sounding musician seemed to effortlessly transition. In 1994, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for the album Light My Fire.

Following Bob Marley's death in 1981, many assumed that Brown, who for a time moved to London after signing with A&M Records, would pick up the torch as reggae's leading man. The result, however, was a mediocre stab at pop reggae and the release of three poorly received albums.

Later Years

As Brown transitioned into the 1980s, his drug of choice changed from marijuana to cocaine. He was never able to kick his cocaine habit, which contributed to his early death on July 1, 1999 in Kingston, Jamaica. Just two months before he died, Brown, who fathered 13 children during his lifetime, had been arrested in Brazil for possession of drugs.

Despite his personal issues, Brown continued to make the recording studio his second home until his death. During the final year of his life, he released three records, and had been working on a fourth when he passed.

In an interview with National Public Radio, Damien Marley, Bob Marley's son, spoke about Dennis Brown's legacy: "He was one of those persons who made it cool to smile in reggae music. When I listen to his music, I can hear that he really loved singing. It almost sounds like he smiles while he's singing."

DENNIS BROWN & FRIENDS

Saturday, 23 May 2015

Gully Bop

Gully Bop Freestyle

Arguably the biggest dancehall star of the moment, Gully Bop quite literally went from rags to riches in a matter of weeks, after an amateur video of him freestyling landed online last year.Watching said video with no sound, viewers could be forgiven for thinking the man featured was either high on something, or was several sandwiches short of a picnic. Skinny and disheveled with several teeth missing, the Jamaican video star rocked and bopped, whilst throwing his arms around wildly. But those who took time to listen, quickly discovered that looks can most certainly be deceiving. The man who had indeed been branded “mad” and accused of being a drug addict (more on that later), was spitting lyrics with impressive flow, demonstrating his deejaying prowess.

“Slackness” at its best, his lyrical content was sexually explicit and, as such, wasn’t everybody’s cup of tea. But as the featured man paced up and down whilst declaring, “every gyal want a wuk offa mi,” little did he know that stardom would soon beckon.

The video went viral, introducing the world to a deejay known as Gully Bop. And just a few weeks later, he was performing in front of thousands of revelers, headlining dancehall’s biggest and internationally-renowned annual stage show, Sting. There, he stole the show, strutting across the stage with energy, whilst throwing lyrical shots at his supposed arch-nemesis, fellow deejay Ninja Man.

Fast-forward to 2015 and Gully Bop has graced many stages, most recently, here in the UK, performing sell-out shows in London, Luton, Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol.

“This is the first time I’ve left Jamaica,” Gully Bop told Life & Style during his recent trip to the UK. “This was my first time on the plane.”

Was it a surprise for him to discover how many fans he has out here?

“Yeah man, big surprise! [My fans in the UK are] better than in Jamaica. Over here, they’re more sociable with me; they treat me better. In Jamaica, I just feel ordinary, but when I come to England, my shows sell off. Dem mek me feel like a superstar!

“I have fans all over the world, but when I reached England and saw how many fans I had, one thought came to my mind: I wish I could have fans like this everywhere I go.”

Enjoying his UK stay, the 49-year-old was even happy with the climate.

“The weather is alright,” laughed the entertainer, born Robert Lee Malcolm. “God ease up the cold for me. Right now mi look outside and see the sunshine, so it’s alright.”

GULLY BOP INTERVIEW MARCH 2015

After bursting onto the reggae music scene last year, Gully Bop quickly found himself earning plenty of media attention. Stories began to emerge that the deejay had previously been homeless, while others alleged he was a drug addict.

But despite these persistent accusations, Gully Bop says these stories are untrue.

“People just said dem tings for hype,” he claims. “Nutt’n never go suh – I was never on drugs. And I wasn’t homeless. I was just poor. I didn’t have anything. So I ended up ah sit down in South Side and Grants Pen in Jamaica doing nothing except fixing old fans and old TVs – but that couldn’t maintain me. When I mek the likkle money [from that], I couldn’t even buy a suit.

“But God felt sorry for me. He saw I was good people and he lifted me up – and me nah drop back again.”

He continues: “In Jamaica, mi see a whole heap ah bad man. And I know where drugs and guns put you. If I was into drugs or guns, mi woulda dead long time. Coz I grew up in the worst place in Jamaica: South Side in Kingston Central and Grants Penn in Kingston 8. Go inna di media and read about them places and you’ll understand. When you’re on drugs in them places, police ah kill you. I never troubled dem tings [drugs].”

Another story that Gully dismisses as hype is one that suggests he and Ninja Man are enemies. The story went (don’t you just love internet rumours?) that back in the ‘90s, when Gully made his first attempt at music success under the guise Country Man, Ninja Man supplied the aspiring deejay with cocaine, in a bid to destroy his career.

WAR OF WORDS: Gully Bop's lyrical nemesis Ninja Man

The pair clashed on stage at Sting last year

but Gully insists the “war” is not personal,

and that he and the Permit to Bury hitmaker are in fact friends.

Gully Bop Ft Imari Drop Mi

“Me and him not in war – it’s just lyrical war, not personal war. Ah mi fren’ man,” Gully insists. “Let me tell you about Jamaican artists: they might war lyrically, but you’ll see the two of them sit down together on the street drinking a beer, happy. It’s just lyrical war. When we go on stage, him say him bad and him can mash up any deejay. So me just mash him up, coz mi nuh ‘fraid to mash him up!”
One story that is true is that the entertainer is engaged to his manager, Shauna Chin. Will the couple be getting wed soon? “Not for now,” says Gully. “We’ve been together nearly two years.” And he’s in love? “Always in love!

And what about those teeth? Though the deejay now dons attire more fitting for his newfound fame, he hasn’t yet found it necessary to get his missing teeth replaced. And apparently, he’s in no hurry to do so.

“Every day me eat dumpling and banana and yam same way, so my teet’ is not a problem right now,” he says. “I’m gonna get mi teet fixed, but I’m on tour, so I can’t think about that right now.

“Me can’t mek dem go in my mouth and kill up my mouth like dem ah plant food in the ground! Right now me ah tell you di truth – you know how much that would set back my career? I’ll get it done but not right now.”

So what is the future for this fast-rising star?

“Let me tell you… I’m gonna step likkle further and beat them bad,” he laughs. “If you’ve been following my career, you’ll have seen that dem [the media] have blasted me nuff.

“They said I wouldn’t get a visa or a passport because I’m a mad man. They said I couldn’t do Sting because nobody would want to hear me at Sting. And they said if I did do Sting, Ninja Man woulda mash me up.

“Dem say a whole heap ah tings about me, but as long as Father God is behind me, nothing can stop me, no matter what people say.”

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2015 DANCEHALL VIBES

Beenie Man

Anthony Moses Davis was born in the Water house district of Kingston in 1973.

He was involved in the music industry from a young age, starting toasting at the age of five, and was encouraged by his uncle Sydney Knowles, who played drums for Jimmy Cliff. He won the Tastee Talent contest in 1981.and Radio DJ Barry G introduced him to local sound system operators, who helped to establish the popularity of the young deejay, who became known as Beenie Man. He recorded his debut single, "Too Fancy", with record producer Henry "Junjo" Lawes in 1981, with Lawes also including him on the 1983 album Juno Presents Two Big Sounds alongside established stars such as Dillinger, Fathead, and Ringo. His debut album, The Invincible Beenie Man: The Ten Year Old DJ Wonder was produced by Bunny Lee and released in 1983,his first hit single following the same year with the Winston Holness-produced "Over the Sea". In 1984 Beenie Man recorded some material with Barrington Levy (released ten years later), but his music career was put on hold while he finished school, and spent time travelling to the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada.
10 year old Beenie Man - Try Some Hustling

Beenie Man continued performing and honed his craft beside the then dominant dancehall figures including Ninjaman,Admiral Bailey and Shabba Ranks. He found his artistic home at the Shocking Vibes studio where he continued to record singles with only moderate success in the early 1990s. His career gained momentum after a performance at the Reggae Sunsplash festival in 1992, and a rivalry with Bounty Killer began the following year after Beenie Man was accused of stealing Bounty Killer's style and catch phrases. The rivalry was captured on the 1994 album Guns Out, with the two artists settling the feud with a soundclash. Beenie Man had his first number one single in Jamaica in 1993 with "Matie" (Produced by Ephraim Barrett,Donovan and Dave Mills on the Shelly Power Records label) and he won the DJ of the Year Award the same year, the first of eight consecutive awards.

BEENIE MAN LIVE ON LEES UNLIMITED 1984

Partially as a result of prodding from his producers, Sly and Robbie, with whom he recorded cover versions of Bob Marley's "Crazy Baldhead" and "No Woman No Cry" in 1994, the latter a Jamaican chart-topper, Beenie Man converted to the Rastafari movement, as did several of his contemporaries at the time, although in 2005 he stated "I have not converted. I was baptised an Ethiopian Orthodox and at the age of 10 I became a Judah Coptic." In 1994, he was signed by Island Records and released the critically acclaimed album Blessed, which established his reputation internationally. In 1995 he toured the UK and joined up again with Barrington Levy to record an updated jungle version of Levy's "Under Mi Sensi".

In 1995, Beenie Man collaborated with Dennis Brown and Triston Palma to release Three Against War and Mad Cobra and Lieutenant Stitchie on Mad Cobra Meets Lt. Stitchie & Beenie Man. He also collaborated with Lady Saw on "Healing", Sanchez on "Refugee", and Michael Prophet on "Gun 'n' Bass", further establishing his reputation. He took another step up the ladder in 1996, releasing the seminal Maestro, produced by Patrick Roberts and shot him to UK fame. During the period from the mid to late 1990s, Beenie Man dominated the Jamaican charts to the extent that he perhaps had a good claim to the crown of "Dancehall King", a title only bestowed previously on Yellowman in the early 1980s. Beenie Man's first real break into the United States came in 1997. He heard an instrumental rhythm by an unknown producer named Jeremy Harding, and demanded to add his voice to the rhythm. So this was the birth of his first international hit; he recorded "Who Am I" and the single quickly went Gold. It opened the doors for the world to see a new reggae star in the pages of Newsweek and other major media outlets. The same year, Beenie Man topped the Jamaican singles chart with seven different singles. Beenie Man appeared as himself in the 1997 film Dancehall Queen.

BEENIE MAN AH RUN TUNE

In 1998, Beenie Man headlined Reggae Sunsplash and signed to Virgin Records to release albums in the United States. His first American offering was The Doctor(1998). During the late 1990s, Beenie Man began his conquest of America with the hits, "Romie", "Who Am I", and "Girls Dem Sugar", which featured American R&Bsinger, Mýa. During this time he received an impressive number of international music awards including a MOBO Award for Best International Reggae Act in 1998,^] while remaining at the top of the local charts. In 2000, Beenie Man released Art & Life, which featured Arturo Sandoval and Wyclef Jean (The Fugees), for which received aGrammy Award for Best Reggae Album. In the same year he co-produced (with Wyclef Jean) the debut album by actor Steven Seagal. Beenie Man, like many dancehall artists, is outspoken on a number of social issues, as exemplified by songs such as "Steve Biko" and "Murderer".

In 2002, he had a sizeable hit with a duet with Janet Jackson called "Feel It Boy", but his biggest break in America came in early 2004 with the release of a remix of "Dude", featuring guest vocals by fellow Jamaican Ms. Thing as well as rhymes by Shawnna. He thus cemented his fan base on both sides of the Atlantic.

He had hits in the UK in 1998 with "Who am I" (#10), in 2003 with "Street Life" (#13) and "Feel It Boy" (UK #9), a duet with Janet Jackson, and in 2004 with "Dude" (#7) and "King of the Dancehall" (#14).

He was also a judge for the 6th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.

In April 2008 it was announced that Beenie Man was to co-write and star in the film Kingston.^[15] In October 2010 Beenie Man came out with the EP I'm Drinking Rum and Red Bull, which included four songs, "Im drinking Rum and Red Bull", "I'm Okay", and two versions of "Stack and Pile". He later released the full album on 28 February 2011. "Im Drinking Rum and Red Bull" features Future Fambo. In September 2008 Beenie Man was cleared of charges of tax evasion.

In April 2009, Beenie Man signed with Brookland Entertainment, a new record label formed by Eric Nicks and The Trackmasters, in preparation to release his new albumThe Legend Returns, the music video for the release of his new single "Gimme Gimme" being shot in Canada on 18 April 2009. The song "Let's Go" was released on theOverproof Riddim compilation album in 2011.

In 2014 Beenie Man and long-term rival Bounty Killer put aside their differences and recorded a single together, "Legendary"

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