Beenie Man – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography

RawHTML: Beenie Man came from the rougher than rough Waterhouse area of Kingston and by the age of 8 was recording music. Growing up he became a very key ingredient, along with Tiger and singer Anthony Malvo on the highly touted Black Star Sound. His sense of humour and his ability to keep things fresh/new/topical […]

Dennis Brown – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography

RawHTML: The late Dennis Brown was often referred to as ‘The Crown Prince of Reggae’. As a teenager Dennis made a BIG splash recording for Studio One. His work, though, with Winston Niney Holness is considered by many to be the type of Roots Anthems that remain virtually unparallelled. Staying power, talent to last…despite an […]

Buju Banton – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography

RawHTML: Buju Banton was born in Kingston in 1973 and, hot on the heals of Shabba Rank’s impactful success, Buju quickly became a spokesman for the Ghetto Youth. Rather average while learning his craft during his early teens on the smaller sound systems, by 1991 Banton began to really make his mark. The ‘voice of […]