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Jamaican dancehall deejay Danny English has reportedly died from a diabetes-related illness.He was 54. The musician was best known for the 2002 hit “Party Time” alongside Egg Nog, which ...
Wayne Mitchell OD (born 9 April 1980), better known by his stage name Wayne Marshall, is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall DJ. [1] He is most notable for his collaborations with Sean Paul, Elephant Man and Beenie Man. He also attended the Wolmer's Boys' School for Boys and married fellow reggae/dancehall artiste Tami Chynn in 2009.
Earlan Bartley (born December 19, 1993), better known as Alkaline, is a Jamaican dancehall and reggae musician from Kingston, Jamaica. [2] Known for entering the scene with an alluring perception heavily projected to his Jamaican audience and utilizing his stage name to represent the opposite principles of his personality correlating the dichotomy of positive and negative. [3]
Key elements of dancehall music include its extensive use of Jamaican Patois rather than Jamaican standard English and a focus on the track instrumentals (or "riddims"). Dancehall saw initial mainstream success in Jamaica in the 1980s, and by the 1990s, it became increasingly popular in Jamaican diaspora communities.
Among other opportunities for street dancing and parties, Passa Passa was also the location for the queering of the masculine Jamaican identity. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, many Dancehall/Reggae songs started to espouse homophobic rhetoric, such as T.O.K.’s “Chi Chi Man,” while male dance crews were beginning to explode in ...
The film features several dancehall selectors, DJs and dancers, almost all of whom are native to Jamaica; including Ding Dong, the host of the film, Beenie Man, Elephant Man, T.O.K., Mr. Vegas, Voicemail, Macka Diamond, Tanto Metro & Devonte, Tony Matterhorn, Scatta, Richie Feelings, Bogle, John Hype, Ice, Sadiqy & G-Unit, Latisha and Kiyo ...
Winston Foster OD, [1] [2] (1956 [3] or 15 January 1959 [4]) better known by the stage name Yellowman and also known as King Yellowman, is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay.He first became popular in Jamaica in the 1980s, rising to prominence with a series of singles that established his reputation.
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 ...