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The Disciples roots reggae and dub musicians have a record label entitled Boom Shaka Laka, named in honour of, and inspired by Hopeton Lewis' song (as well as by Jah Shaka and reggae culture and history in general). The Disciples also wrote a highly influential roots reggae fanzine called Boom Shaka Laka, also named after the Hopeton Lewis record.
Tommy Cowan CD (born Thomas Lincoln Cowan, 6 April 1946, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica) is a producer and singer, initially working in reggae but later concentrating on gospel, who has been involved in the music business since the 1960s. [1] [2] He is also an ordained Gospel minister and a justice of the peace.
Kerron was a part of the Jamaican gospel group Perpetual Praise Team from 2003-2009. In October 2007 Kerron received The Jamaica Observer Teenage Choice Awards for Gospel Artiste Of The Year In 2012 she won a Video Web Award for best reggae gospel song of the year for "God Is Not Done With Me Yet", [ 4 ] from her album I'm Alive (2013).
Gospel reggae is a genre of music that originated in Jamaica, mixing reggae rhythms with Christian-themed lyrics. Several reggae artists, many of whom were previously part of the Rastafari movement , have converted to Christianity and adopted gospel reggae as their primary style.
Carlene Davis (born c. 1953) is a Jamaican gospel and reggae singer active since the 1970s. Successful since the early 1980s as a reggae artist, she survived cancer in the mid-1990s, after which she dedicated her career to gospel music.
Kirk Rhoden is a Jamaican musical recording artist better known by his stage name Jah Vinci. He has been active since 2005, but had his first breakthrough hit in 2008 with his then mentor Vybz Kartel. [1] He was a part of Vybz group Portmore Empire until the group disbanded in 2012. [2]
She toured as backing singer with Jimmy Cliff in the late 1970s and early 1980s; [1] In 1991, she became a devout Christian and gave up secular music to concentrate on gospel music. [1] [3] After becoming ill in London, she was diagnosed with leukaemia in February 2014. [1] She returned to reggae with performances in Brazil with Lloyd Parks. [4]
After collaborations in 2000 with deejays Papa San ("Touch From You") and Lieutenant Stitchie ("Mr. Lover" - a charting hit in the US [4]), she released her first gospel album, Joy, in 2001, toured internationally, and won (in 2002) 5 Caribbean Gospel Reggae Marlin Awards. [5] Her gospel music was controversial with some for combining dancehall ...