Events

March 1st to 31st, 2020 is designated on the calendar as Women’s History Month. At this time, VP Records celebrate the accomplishments and aspirations of women worldwide. Putting a musical twist to this month sees VP Records recognize the catalog of several notable women in Reggae and Dancehall. The VP Records 10-song playlist includes music…

Jah9’s title single, “Note to Self,” is timely. Given the spread of the infectious COVID-19 virus, and how quickly it has spread worldwide, people need reassurance that all will be fine, and Jah9 delivers. Teaming with long time collaborator and Reggae star Chronixx, “Note to Self” is the future ‘you,’ speaking to the younger ‘you’…

Happy Birthday to reggae producer Donovan Germain born March 7, 1952.

Patrick Thompson, aka Dirtsman, was a Jamaican dancehall deejay. He was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, on March 4, 1966, and passed on December 21, 1993.

Happy Birthday Rohan Bennett, aka Determine. He is a Jamaican singjay, born on March 4, 1972.

Happy Heavenly Birthday to Tommy McCook. He was a Jamaican saxophonist born on March 3, 1927, and passed on May 5, 1998.

Happy Birthday – Errol “Jigsy” King is a Jamaican dancehall artist. He was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on March 3, 1970.

Happy Heavenly Birthday – Donat Roy Mittoo aka Jackie Mittoo, was a Jamaican-Canadian keyboardist, songwriter, & musical director. He was born on Mar 3, 1948, and passed on Dec 6, 1990.

Happy Birthday ~ Mikey Jarrett was born on January 26 and raised in Trenchtown, Kingston, Jamaica.  He migrated to the United States, where his career started an Entertainer in the Dance Hall, Chanting, and Toasting on numerous Reggae Sound Systems. “Son’s Junior,” “Sir Tommy’s,” “Papa Moke,” “DownBeat the Ruler.”  1983, he was “Crowned” the “King…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY– BORIS GARDINER 🎂🎤🎼🎶 Boris Gardiner is a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and bass guitarist. Boris was born on January 13, 1945 in the Rollington Town area of Kingston. He was a member of several groups during the 1960s before recording as a solo artist and having hit singles with “Elizabethan Reggae” (in 1970), “I…

Ever since his impressive single debut “Baby Girl” in the spring of 1996 for producer Jeremy Harding on the 2 Hard Records label, Sean Paul has captured the eyes and ears of the Dancehall community as “…the one to watch”. Born to a Portuguese-Jamaican father and a Chinese-Jamaican mother, Sean Paul Henriques grew up known…