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Janice Fyffe (born 7 May 1968), known as Lady G, is a Jamaican dancehall and reggae deejay. She is widely recognized as a dancehall veteran and pioneer. Born in Spanish Town in the parish of St. Catherine, Jamaica, Fyffe attended St. Joseph High School and Dunoon Technical School.
Her father is reggae singer Ken Fyffe, who has toured with the Congos and worked with vintage reggae groups the Sparkles and the Eternals.
As a child, she used to sneak out of the house to travel around the island with the renowned sound system Black Scorpio. After leaving school, Lady G met dancehall deejay Lord Sassafrass, who became her mentor.
Lady G is probably best known for her first hit, “Nuff Respect”, produced by Gussie Clarke in 1988. In the same year, Lady G recorded two popular songs in combination with Papa San: “Legal Rights” and “Round Table Talk”.
In successive years in the late 1980s, Lady G caused a stir with her performances at the infamous Sting stage show in Jamaica. In 1988, she appeared in a clash with Lady Mackerel, Sister Charmaine, and Junie Ranks. In 1989, she clashed once more with Sister Charmaine, as well as Patra and Lady P.
In 1994, Lady G began working with Danny Browne and his Main Street label, and in 1997 the partnership resulted in the hit single “Breeze Off” on the Filthy riddim, the same instrumental used by Mr. Vegas for his international smash “Heads High”. In 1997, she recorded “Man a Bad Man” for the film Third World Cop.
In 2000, Lady G featured alongside Crissy D on “Girls Like Us” by B-15 Project, a UK garage song that reached No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart. She performed to great acclaim at the Splash! festival in Chemnitz, Germany, in July 2001.
In 2002, she formed her own production company, G-String, with her brother. G-String productions released the Bellyskin Riddim (featuring Sizzla, Capleton, and Ce’cile) through Greensleeves Records and the Flava Riddim (featuring Macka Diamond, Lady Saw, and Sizzla) distributed by VP Records.
Lady G performed at Tony Rebel’s Rebel Salute 2020 festival which drew much praise from the audience, organizers, and media alike.
Lady G was recognized by the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA) with an ‘Iconic Artiste in the Music Industry’ award in February 2020. Buju Banton and Shabba Ranks were also honored at the same event. She currently lives in New Jersey, United States.
Andrew Bradford (born 1974), known by the stage name Buccaneer is a Jamaican dancehall artist He first emerged in 1994 and has released three albums. He later went into production.
Buccaneer first came to public attention in 1994 when he had a big hit in Jamaica with “Hey Yah Hey Yah”. He stood out from the crowd with his eye patch and pirate garb, and ring bleached into his hair, and had further early successes for producers Patrick Roberts and King Jammy, including collaborations with Wayne Wonder with “Sensi Ride” and “Trust”. His debut album, Now There Goes The Neighbourhood, was issued in 1995, with production from Roberts, Bobby Digital, Dave Kelly, and Danny Browne, and the same year he made a huge impact at the Reggae Sumfest festival. Several of his hits were based on opera music, including his 1995 hit “Skettel Concerto”, based on The Marriage of Figaro. The second album Classic continued the theme with tracks based on Moonlight Sonata and Blue Danube Waltz, and the third album Da Opera (1998) used Enya’s “Orinoco Flow” as the basis for his hit “Fade Away”. Other hits in 1998 included “Bruk Out”, a collaboration with US punk rock band Rancid. Further hits followed in 1999 with “Hot Bwoy” (with Beenie Man), “Kill a Sound”, “Little John Hits Medley”, and in 2000 with “Hot to Ratid”, and the Lexxus-produced “Freedom of Speech”. Buccaneer moved into production and set up his own Opera House label. He was the first to record Mavado. He has also produced recordings by Vybz Kartel, Sean Paul, and Tami Chynn.
Leslie Tucker, known as Junior Tucker (born 1966 in Trenchtown, Kingston, Jamaica), is a Jamaican reggae singer, who started his career in secular music but who now sings Christian music. His hits included “Happy” and his own composition, “Don’t Test”. His first hit was “Happy”, released when he was aged seven years old and was a No. 1 hit single in Jamaica, where he was known as the Jamaican Michael Jackson. He had further hits with his cover version of “Some Guys Have All The Luck” and, in 1983, recorded the first version of “Mr. Telephone Man”, 1984 Top 20 Billboard hit for New Edition. “Don’t Test”, one of his first compositions, became an international hit earning him a recording contract with Virgin in 1989. “Don’t Test” peaked at No. 54 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1990.