Mikey Spice | |
---|---|
Birth name | Michael Theophilus Johnson |
Born | Kingston, Jamaica | 21 July 1965
Genres | Reggae |
Instruments | Vocals |
Michael Theophilus Johnson (born 21 July 1965), better known as Mikey Spice, is a Jamaican reggae singer. [1]
Spice sang in his father's church from age seven and learned to play guitar, bass, drums, trumpet, piano, saxophone, flute, and harp as a youngster. [2] Spice began a career as a reggae musician in 1985. One of his best-known singles was a cover of Barry White's "Practice What You Preach". [3]
Lincoln Barrington "Sugar" Minott was a Jamaican reggae singer, producer and sound-system operator.
Robert Dixon, known as Bobby Digital, was a Jamaican reggae and dancehall producer. He was given his nickname "Bobby Digital" because King Jammy, with whom he worked in the mid-1980s, had begun experimenting with digital rhythms at around the same time. He owned the Digital B label, and among the artists with hits on the label are Shabba Ranks and Sizzla. He has influenced reggae artists such as Admiral Tibet.
Keith Blair, better known by the stage name Anthony B, is a Jamaican deejay and member of the Rastafari movement.
Calvin George Scott, better known as Cocoa Tea, is a Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter.
Dennis Emmanuel Brown CD was a Jamaican reggae singer. During his prolific career, which began in the late 1960s when he was aged eleven, he recorded more than 75 albums and was one of the major stars of lovers rock, a subgenre of reggae. Bob Marley cited Brown as his favourite singer, dubbing him "The Crown Prince of Reggae", and Brown would prove influential on future generations of reggae singers.
Richell Bonner, better known as Richie Spice, is a Jamaican reggae artist. He is a member of the Rastafari movement. Some of his most famous songs include, "Brown Skin", "Youth Dem Cold", "Groovin' My Girl", "Earth a Run Red", "Marijuana" ,"The Plane Land" and "King and Queen". Three of his brothers are also reggae artists – Pliers, Spanner Banner and Snatcha Lion.
Prince Malachi is an English roots reggae singer.
VP Records is an independent Caribbean-owned record label in Queens, New York. The label is known for releasing music by notable artists in reggae, dancehall and soca. VP Records has offices in New York City, Miami, London, Kingston, Tokyo, Johannesburg and Rio de Janeiro. Additionally, the label has established a presence in Toronto, Australia and New Zealand.
Garnett Silk was a Jamaican reggae musician and Rastafarian, known for his diverse, emotive, powerful and smooth voice. During the early 1990s he was hailed as a rising talent, however his career was ended by his early death in 1994, while attempting to save his mother from her burning house.
Christopher MacFarlane, better known as Macka B, is a British-born Jamaican reggae artist, performer and activist with a career spanning thirty years in the United Kingdom and Jamaica. According to AllMusic.com "Macka B was one of Britain's most influential dancehall DJs."
Paul Blake, better known as Frankie Paul, was a Jamaican dancehall reggae artist. Born blind, he has been dubbed by some 'The Jamaican Stevie Wonder'.
I Wayne, Rastafarian stage name for Cliffroy Taylor, is a roots reggae singer. He is known for his hit singles "Living In Love" and "Can't Satisfy Her" from his debut album, Lava Ground.
Patrick George Anthony Barrett, better known by his stage name Tony Rebel, is a Jamaican reggae deejay.
Ewart Everton Brown, better known by his stage name Mad Cobra or simply Cobra, is a Jamaican dancehall musician.
Arawak Jah is a Cuban-American reggae group based in Orlando, Florida. The group was founded in 1994 by Cuban expatriate Ras Juan Perez, who left Havana in 1980 during the Mariel boatlift, living first in Wisconsin, then moving to Orlando in 2000.
Kevin Anthony Jackson, also known by his stage name Sanchez, is a Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter and record producer.
Orville Richard Burrell CD, better known by his stage name Shaggy, is a Jamaican-American reggae musician, singer, DJ, and actor who scored hits with the songs "It Wasn't Me", "Boombastic", "In The Summertime", "Oh Carolina", and "Angel". He has been nominated for seven Grammy Awards, winning twice for Best Reggae Album with Boombastic in 1996 and 44/876 with Sting in 2019, and has won the Brit Award for International Male Solo Artist in 2002.
Freddie McGregor is a Jamaican singer, musician and record producer. His music career began when he was seven years old.
Glen Washington is a Jamaican reggae/soca singer-songwriter and drummer. Washington made his first hit record "Rockers Not Crackers" in 1978 for the Joe Gibbs Record label; but he did not grace the charts again until the release of the hit "Kindness For Weakness" in 1998.