‘Queen of Dancehall’ Spice (Sterling Photography)
Dancehall diva Spice has lamented the fact that Dancehall music has not been getting the accolades it is owed, despite the fact that numerous other genres of music, including Reggaeton and Hip Hop, were spawned from it.
In a recent Black Music Month interview with Revolt TV, the
So Mi Like It artist said while Reggae is revered globally, its offspring Dancehall is oftentimes given the ‘Cinderella treatment’.
“Dancehall has changed the whole aspect of music altogether. I don’t think people realize Dancehall has birthed so many other genres including hip hop. It was a DJ from Jamaica, DJ Kool Herc, who went to New York and that’s how hip hop was born,” Spice told Revolt TV.
Dre Island, Popcaan, Zamunda
Talk and Stutter artist Zamunda, says he still continues to be blessed, as not only has he overcome his speech impediment, but is reaping success again with the revitalization of his 2011 hit breakout song
Jah Love Surround Me, which propelled him to national stardom.
He made the revelation about his speech, in an interview about his collaboration with Popcaan and Dre Island for the remake of Jah Love Surround Me, with Anthony Miller on Friday night’s edition of The Entertainment Report on Television Jamaica. Miller had asked the Clarendon native whether his “slight stutter” had been “a sort of a big problem or hindrance” for him in the music industry.