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This is a list of Jamaican artists (in alphabetical order by last name) of various genres, who are notable and either born in Jamaica or associated with Jamaica, including sculptors, ceramists, painters, photographers and designers.
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Afrikaans; العربية; Aragonés; Arpetan; Azərbaycanca; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Български; Català; Čeština; Cymraeg; Dansk
The following list of best-selling music artists includes musical artists from the 20th century to the present with claims of 75 million or more record sales worldwide. The sales figures are calculated based on the formula detailed below.
Buju Banton was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in an area known as Barbican Road, Kingston 8.Buju is a nickname given to him by his mother as a child. Banton is a Jamaican word that refers to someone who is a respected storyteller, and it was adopted by Myrie in tribute to the deejay Burro Banton, whom he admired as a child. [10]
Omar Cummings, Jamaican-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player; Chili Davis, Jamaican-born American, former star Major League Baseball player; Leon Edwards, Jamaican-born, British mixed martial artist and UFC welterweight champion; Patrick Ewing, Jamaican-born American, former NBA star; Junior Flemmings, professional footballer
Lady G is probably best known for her first hit, "Nuff Respect", [6] produced by Gussie Clarke in 1988. In the same year, Lady G recorded two popular songs in combination with Papa San: "Legal Rights" and "Round Table Talk". [7] In successive years in the late 1980s, Lady G caused a stir with her performances at the infamous Sting stageshow in ...
His creative output also coincided with the search for forms of "authentic" Jamaican expression that preceded the independence movement. Above all, though, Dunkley's oeuvre is a singular exploration of a complicated and often-dark personal and cultural identity. [1] He is associated with a group of Jamaican artists known as "The Intuitives".