DEC 2015 #02.12 T R A X ROOTS / ROCK / REGGAE / RESPECT featuring SHUGA ZORO ARMY NAFFI-I JOJO MAC TREASURE DADA YUTE B.B. SEATON CALIAH MAR EAZY WAYNE NKULEE DUBE DENNIS ALCAPONE IRIEMAG.COM IRIEMAG.COM ISSUE #02.12 / DECEMBER 2015 “ If you haven’t confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.” - Marcus Garvey Nicholas ‘Nico’ Da Silva Founder/Publisher & Editor in Chief IRIEMAG.COM MERCH. The Official ‘Rockers’ Tee from Irie Magazine Available in T-Shirts & Hoodies for Men/Women Two styles to choose from: Jamaica or Ethiopia IRIEMAG.COM Shuga Nkulee Dube B.B. Seaton JoJo Mac Jamaica South Africa Jamaica Jamaica Army Naffi-I Dennis Alcapone Treasure Virgin Islands United Kingdom Jamaica Jamaica Caliah Mar Dada Yute Zoro Eazy Wayne Colombia Brasil South Africa Jamaica JAM SHUGA IRIEMAG.COM REGGAE SHUGA Photo Credits: Nickii Kane & Lauren Watkis FOLLOW Misty Campbell is a Jamaican international recording artist and winner of the competitive national Shuga TV program, Jamaica Digicel Rising Stars (J.D.R.S - 2009). Best known as ‘Shuga’, the artist adapted her moniker depicting the sweet sugary sound of her vocal ability. Embodying the spirit of a rebel with positive messages, Shuga’s mission is to create music for her fans that is reflective and relatable to real life situations. With her vast talent for singing and songwriting, she continues to grow as an Featured Single artist and perform amongst the most sought after reggae artists in the world. Shuga began her professional career as ‘Brown Shuga’ in 2005 while touring with reggae artist, Tanya Stephens. Her talent provided a path for her to experience singing in front of multitudes of people all over Europe, the Caribbean, and North America. Her gift of song connects her with a passion for music, which she attentively pursues with all of her heart. In making the decision to follow her destiny as a solo artist, she has fully personified the complete journey, performing from intimate to large scale audiences and being invited to appear as a celebrity guest at various events. In 2011, her diligence led her to Penthouse Records where she met Donovan Germain. Dropping ‘Brown’ from her In Deh name, she became simply ‘Shuga’, and has since been represented under the prestigious Penthouse March 03, 2015 Music Label. The music of this sultry songbird has been known to rock the airwaves, and crowds, both ‘yaad’ and abroad. Her discography includes hits such as ‘Complicated Love’, ‘9.58’, ‘Give my soul to Jah’, ‘Ride di Riddim’, ‘Ebony’ (2014 Black History Month tribute), ‘In Deh’, ‘I Threes Medley’, ‘Seal up again’, ‘Crime Scene (Johnny Dead)’ and ‘Banana’. Over the years she has worked alongside renowned producers and musicians; Sly and Robbie, Boot Camp Records, Computer Paul Henton, Donovan Germain, Jah Snowcone, Riff Raff, Silly Walks Discotheque, and Scrucialists. IRIEMAG.COM With her vast talent and enthusiasm to entertain, Shuga has graced main stages at many international festivals. Her pres- ence made known, she has performed at the infamous Reggae Sumfest (Jamiaca), FOLLOW Shuga Tribute to Bob Marley (European Tour), Reggae Festival (Curacao), Reggae Jam (Germany), Reeds Festival (Switzerland), Casalabate Music Festival (Italy), Yaam (Berlin), Reggae Geel (Belgium), Level the Featured Album Vibes (Germany) and Rototom Sunsplash (Spain) to name a few. As she finalizes her highly anticipated EP, Shuga’s fans can expect a delivery of quality music and soulful performances every time she touches the stage. Shuga January 01, 2013 IRIEMAG.COM ZAF NKULEE DUBE IRIEMAG.COM REGGAE NKULEE DUBE No female artist has managed to fuse ethno-soul, jazz with ragga in one song as this 29-year old FOLLOW singersongwriter, as Nkulee Dube has done in such a short space of time since entering this Nkulee Dube challenging and yet exciting industry. Born to the family a music legend, Nkulee Dube has big shoes to fill to preserve and sustain the name of her late father, Lucky Dube. Nkulee, whose music can be classified as ‘ethno-ragga’ fused with soul Featured Single and jazz, is no stranger to the performance circuit and the music industry; she was a backing singer and dancer for the late Lebo Mathosa and later Ntando Bangani. She glides and slides with ease in between her songs as she traverses between ragga and ethno-soul as if she was born on stage. As a guest artist and backing vocalist, Nkulee has been part of her late father’s performing band and Nkulee has performed at major festivals in Australia, Holland, Papua New Guinea, French Guyana, Suriname, the South Pacific, Australasia, Africa, the USA, and across all of Europe. Luv The Way Nkulee was awarded the prestigious ‘Most Promising New Entertainer’ award at the International May 26, 2015 World Reggae Music Awards show after being nominated in seven categories and was also nominated in a number of categories at additional award events. Nkulee Dube was requested to become the ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ for the African Youth Leadership Council. Also she was nominated in South WEBSITE Africa at the South African Music Awards for “Best Produced Album” and the also at the Metro FM reverbnation.com/nkuleedube Awards show. A powerful performer, just like her father, Nkulee has shared the stage with the Jamaican reggae/ ragga artists Sizzla, Turbulence, Tosh Meets Marley Warrior King, and others in countries such as the IRIEMAG.COM USA, Europe, South Africa, the South Pacific, Namibia, the Gambia, Zimbabwe, and Kenya. She is one to watch and could easily fill the shoes of the greatest South African FOLLOW performers, such as Brenda Fassie, Lebo Nkulee Dube Mathosa and of course her beloved dad Lucky Dube. Most importantly, Nkulee is a blessed Featured Album artist in her own right with her own style and has many miles to travel… Nkulee is currently recording her new album entitled ‘The Journey’ which will be released shortly, and Nkulee’s debut solo album ‘My Way’ rose worldwide outside of South Africa to critical acclaim. My Way 2011 WEBSITE reverbnation.com/nkuleedube IRIEMAG.COM JAM B.B. SEATON IRIEMAG.COM REGGAE B.B. SEATON B.B Seaton christened Harris Lloyd Seaton, born September 3rd under the star sign Virgo, is a rare FOLLOW combination of talent. A singer with a soulful voice, a qualified musician, producer and one of the B.B. Seaton most prolific song writers in the history of Jamaican music. B.B started singing and writing songs from his high school days, and grew up listening to groups like The Platters, The Drifters, The Temptations and The Four Tops to name but a few. Featured Album He had his first big hit in Jamaica when teaming up with Delano Stewart and Maurice Roberts to form ‘The Gaylads’. They recorded the hit single ‘Lady with the red Dress’ on Clement Dodd’s Studio One label in 1967. A series of hits like ‘You Should Never Do That’, ‘No Good Girl’, ‘Chipmunk Ska’, ‘Stop Making Love Beside Me’, ‘Love Me With All Your Heart’, ‘Red Rose’, ‘You’ll Never Leave Him’, ‘Africa’ followed including two albums ‘Soul Beat’ and ‘Gaylads Sing Folks’. At Wirl Records they gave us tracks like ‘Joy In The Morning’ and ‘She Want It’. At Tip Top Records, ‘Hard To Confess’, ‘Over The Rainbows End’, ‘I Need Your Loving’, ‘ABC Rocksteady’ and at Beverley’s Peace & Love Records, ‘My Jamaican Girl’, ‘There’s A Fire’, ‘Soul Sister’, ‘Fire & Rain’, ‘We Three Kings’. October 09, 2015 Going Solo... After ten years of working with companies in Jamaica like Studio One, Tip Top Records, Beverley’s WEBSITE Records and Treasure Isle Records as either A & R, Producer, Writer, Musician and Backing Vocalist, soulbeatrecords.com B.B. decided to go solo. In 1972 he recorded his first solo single Accept‘ My Apology’ which was an instant hit and there was no turning back from then on. His version of Bill Withers ‘Lean On Me’, ‘Persuaders’, ‘Thin Line Between IRIEMAG.COM Love & Hate’, ‘Rainbow Love’, ‘One Thing Leads To Another’, ‘God Bless Our Love’, ‘Can’t Hide The Feeling’, ‘Sweet Caroline’, ‘All The Best’, ‘Miss My Schooldays’ and ‘My Jamaican Girl’, ‘Everyday People’, ‘Born Free’, were also hits. B.B has also written songs for top Jamaican and English artists like Ken Boothe, Marcia Griffiths, Joy White, Merlyn Brooks, Jennifer Laura, Mike Brooks, Dennis Brown, Delroy Wilson, The Chosen Few, FOLLOW B.B. Seaton Home T 4, Freddie Mc Gregor, Aswad, UB40, Beats International, Jimmy London, The Melodians, The Uniques, Saint & Campbell, Busty Brown, Maxi Priest, Judy Boucher, The Inner Circle, Winston Francis, Denzil Dennis, AJ Franklyn , Earl Sixteen and Ruddy Thomas. As A & R at Studio One, Tip Top Records and Beverley’s Records, he auditioned and passed artists like The Heptones, The Melodians, Kingstonians, Lloyd Parks (as The Termites), Fredlocks (as the Lyrics), Dudley Sibbles and introduced Jackie Mittoo to Coxsone at Studio One. He served as executive member and Vice President for the Jamaica Federation of Musicians, he received the El Suzie award as best song writer and the Jamaican Cultural Development award, in 1981 - 1982 for pioneering Jamaican music as a singer and songwriter. In 1997 he received the MKB – Desnoes & Geddes award for his 38 years of invaluable contribution to the development and growth of Jamaican music since 1959, he received the IRWMA (International Reggae & World Music Award) Hall of Fame / Lifetime Award in 2007, he received the Reggae Heritage Award in 2008. ...from the gallery with the Astronauts on guitar with Slim Smith in London 1976 working in Treasure Isle studio with Errol Brown and Willie Lindo, 1976 on stage with the reunited Gaylads.