Passa Passa is a weekly event which has originated from Hagley Park Road, Half-Way-Tree Jamaica and is quickly catching on. It is like a party on the street and is performed with dancehall music. Artists, Selectors, and Dancers who usually attend and have done a great deal to build the dance for what it is today includes; Bogle, Ding Dong, Marvin, Black Blingaz, Timeless Crew, Shelly Belly, Spikes, John Hype, Sample 6, Sherika Future, Jermaine Squad, Sadiki, Swatch, Maestro, Beenie Man, Future Girls, and Many More.
Fresh Fridays shows off the Caribbean culture to the fullest and is being promoted by many across the world today. Many foreigners come from across the globe to take part in these weekly parties, from Japan to American and From Europe to Africa. It is an even which shows off the dance skills of the people with the masterpiece of the dancehall music. This party is known to start from about 1am and sometimes goes straight to 8am and is nonstop music.
It has brought a sense of peace where all people from areas which are known to be violent come and enjoy themselves and have fun without out worry. New artists come in the hopes of getting their music played, established ones come to test new sounds and discover the next big thing. Dancers some of whom were once violent gang members work to attract the attention from the big name entertainers, producers and promoters. These are opportunities to change their circumstances in ways neither the gun nor the politicians can change.
The Fresh Friday is an event which should be checked out for your own curiosity, so if you haven’t already heard and seen this then do so and check out the wacky dance styles with the up-tempo style of dancehall music running throughout the night till the sun rise.
Adidja Azim Palmer better known for his show name Vybz kartel was born in January 7, 1976 in Kingston Jamaica. Adidja attended Calabar High School in Kingston but was expelled. He completed his studies at Tutorial College, a private school in Kingston, Jamaica and graduated with English, History, Geography, and Literature at CXC levels. The young Adidja was exposed to a wide variety of music fby two uncles who were aspiring musicians themselves. Every weekend he would listen to new musical offerings on his uncle’s old component set, ranging from Sam Cooke to country and western ballads to Ninja Man, who became one of his musical foes. At the age of 10 his favorite artists included Papa San, Charlie Chaplin, Will Smith and KRS-1, all of whose lyrics he would write down and memorise, performing them later for the entertainment of friends. He is also known as “Adidja Di Teacha”.
On weekends Adidja would practice on neighbourhood sound systems Soul Signal and Electric Force. In 1993, Adidja, now in his mid teens, recorded his first single Love Fat Woman for Alvin Reid’s One Heart Label under the name Adi Banton. a name he chose in tribute to Buju Banton who was one of his role models. He recorded several more tracks for local producers until 1996 when he and two friends, Mr Lee and a singer called Escobar, decided to form a group. One night, after watching a movie about Pablo Escabar and his infamous cartel, Adidja came up with a name for his trio: Vibes Cartel. Unfortunately some time after, the group broke up due to internal frictions leaving Adidja again to continue alone. Adidja chose to keep the name of the group changing the C to K in Kartel and adopting the moniker VYBZ KARTEL.In 2008, Kartel launched Vybz rum and the Daggerin’ line of condoms. ‘Vybz Rum’ will be Kartel’s first major endorsement with a beverage company. These products are made after songs like Rampin Shop and Virginity The rum is yet to be officially distributed, but is planned to be done by Vybz Distillers Limited, a subsidiary of the company that created Pimp Juice. Vybz Kartel’s rum has hit the shelves in Jamaica, also we see another liquor known as Street Vybz.
Vybz Kartel as shown that he has the lyrics and talent to make a big impact on the music scene in general, he is one of the leading dancehall artist today and surely has big plans in the future for all his fans including myself.
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