Jamaican Music

Pad Anthony is a great roots reggae singer that has been doing his thing on the scene in Jamaica for many years.

Previously with his own solo career, Andru Donalds is now working in collaboration with the Enigma project as lead vocalist. Back in 1995, Andru Donalds had a hit single in 1995 entitled Mishale, which landed #38 on the Billboard Hot 100. Enjoy the video below.

Cham, formerly known as Baby Cham has received much acclaim during the last couple years due to his collaborations with R & B singer Alicia Keyes. However, Cham has been on the scene for many years and continues  to make his mark in dancehall music.

One of Jamaica’s most famous deejays, Spragga Benz (born Carlton Grant on May 30, 1969) began his career around 1991. He was known to his friends as spaghetti because of his tall and slim frame, but was later shortened to “spragga”. The Benz in his name is from the sound system he used to work for in L.A., where he made his way in the music industry at a Dubplate recording session with Buju Banton. Most recently, he appeared in the Jamaican movie, Shottas.

Legendary reggae dancehall music artist, Yellowman has enjoyed fame for over 3 decades. He has paved the way for artists such as Buju Banton, Sean Paul, Super Cat and Ninjaman.

 He is the first deejay to cultivate the art of toasting, which is the style in reggae music where the deejays start chanting on the record.  He is also the first reggae music artist to be on a mainstream record label.

Buju Banton (Mark Anthony Myrie in real life) is a Jamaican dancehall and reggae musician born on July 15, 1973. He was born near Kingston, Jamaica in a poor neighborhood called Salt Lane. “Buju” is a nickname for chubby children, which was irony compared to Buju’s slim frame as a child while “Banton” is a Jamaican word referring to someone with a superior attitude and a gift of speech. Buju Banton is also the uncle of Sean Kingston.

Sanchez has a great range of songs that can fall into the categories of R&B as well as hard core dancehall. Many of his songs are remakes of hit songs that were on the American R&B charts.

Kisean Anderson is better known by his stage name Sean Kingston, a Jamaican singer and rapper.  Although he was born in Miami, Florida, he was raised in Kingston, Jamaica after moving there when he was 6 years old. His stage name pays tribute to where he was raised.