Described as the LEXICON of Reggae and Dance Hall Music, when it comes to writing lyrics, this gifted lyrical genius, with a superb and unique style combined with a powerful delivery that made his music stood up to the harshest of critics, Cleve “Lt. Stitchie” Laing, has been transformed from being one of dancehall’s most acclaimed icon into the Ambassador for Christ and his amazing abilities only get better by the minute.

Conferred with an Honorary Doctorate Degree, ordained as a Minister of the Truth, a Psalmist and a born-again Kingdom Citizen whose huge catalog and repertoire is totally dedicated to the manifestation of his new assignment, the Governor, like the great Reggae Ambassadors before him and the great characters of the bible, pursues his mandate with even a greater passion and unrelenting devotion, than in the days when he became king of the dancehall on Stereo One sound system as Lt. Stitchie, The Governor.

The former high school teacher of Physical Education and Biology who graduated from G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport was destined to teach valuable lessons in the school of life. Though no longer functions in the formal setting of a High School, Lt. Stitchie has expanded his student population to include the globe and his serious messages of love through his music and literary skills from his Government’s manifesto has gone viral to include his personal appearances on the Continents of North America, South America, Asia, Europe and Africa, with Australia and Antartica yet to come.

His transformation was the culmination of two years spent in quiet reflection on his purpose in life and contemplating eternity, shortly after the death of his beloved mother.

It was following on a near-death car crash on the way to perform at Reggae Sumfest in August 1997 and the receipt of a Gideon New Testament Bible from a Canadian Missionary the very night that Lt. Stitchie, on returning to his hotel, read the Bible, prayed, asked for forgiveness of his sins and accepted JESHUA HAMACHIACH as his King and Saviour.

Now comfortably preaching the message of the Kingdom and teaching about the King, Lt. Stitchie since his watery baptism on December 14, 1997, has witnessed the mighty power of YAHWEH in his career and in every other area of his life and has seen his boundaries enlargened. Divinely inspired by JAH and motivated by his zeal and innate determination to excel, Lt. Stitchie has once again demonstrated his versatility and creativity as an Author.

Since his rise to fame in the late 1980’s, he has been touring extensively as a headliner at various Reggae Music Festivals and Concerts globally and this only intensified when he made the transition to a new life.

Although not one to revel in awards and take any praise unto himself, nevertheless, the excellence of this living Reggae and Dance Hall Legend, Reggae icon and Ambassador for Christ has been recognized nationally and internationally since the release of his very first Album, “Wear Yu Size”, by various awarding bodies too numerous to start naming.

Easily and undoubtedly one of the most sort after Artiste in the genre of reggae and dancehall. The requests for Reggae Music Festivals, Gospel Music Festivals and Concerts from the church halls to the dance halls are even at a much higher volume now than ever before. Lt. Stitchie has a reputation for being an explosive, electrifying and high energy performer, who continues this high voltage trend of upward mobility of excellence, with each Album he releases and each time he makes an appearance in front of an audience on stage. Lt. Stitchie is credited as an eloquent and didactic speaker, simultaneously, an avid student of the WORD. Consequently, his requests for speaking engagements, from motivational to guest speaker, are in very high demand. His excellent stage craft combined with an effective Kingdom message has earned thousands of renewed lives for the Kingdom.

Lt. Stitchie proclaim that one of the main concerns is to walk according to the principles of the Kingdom that will be an example to others, especially his former neighbors in the garrison of the inner city communities where he grew up, to his fellow dancehall colleagues and whomever he encounters on his journey of life.

This trendsetter, who is credited in the analogs of history of Reggae Music in Germany, as the first to bring dancehall music to Germany and Europe as a whole, who is inscribed on the pages of the Guinness Book of Records of who`s who in Reggae Music, who is inducted into the Gospel Hall of Fame in New York and was awarded an Iconic Award by The Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JARIA) for his outstanding continuous contribution to the development of Reggae Music globally, continues to set a blistering pace and has raised the bar in Reggae/Dancehall Gospel Music a thousand feet higher, simultaneously, reinforcing in Reggae and Dancehall Music, as a whole, why there is only one “Lt. Stitchie, THE GOVERNOR” with each Single and Album he releases.

Lt. Stitchie has also pioneered a completely new path in the history of Reggae Music, by becoming the first Reggae Artiste to write and publish a Book entitled, “The Power Of Determination”, his Autobiography, which can be downloaded along with his complete anthology from digital stores globally.

Oral Robinson, professionally known as Da Counsellor, was born on the 26^th of April 1969. He grew up in Race Course, which is located in Grange Hill, Westmoreland with his mother, three brothers and three sisters. His father died when he was three years old. Da Counsellor’s love for music came from a form of genetic transition as he is the nephew of the late Jacob “Killer” Miller. Therefore music was embedded in his heart and soul.

Da Counsellor is a singer, a DJ, a songwriter, a music producer and a contractor. His belief is that the true beauty of music is that it connects people, it carries a message and musicians are the messengers. Da Counsellor is a God-fearing person who centres his music on Biblical perspectives and social phenomenon that can uplift, inspire and motivate ones way of life. That is why he is called Da Counsellor.

Music was not his only passion as he also has a love for construction. Since his youth, Da Counsellor was very knowledgeable about the difficulties involved in breaking into the music industry. He resolved at an early age, to not put all his eggs in one basket, so to speak, instead, he focused simultaneously on his job as construction worker and his career as a recording artist.

Upon leaving high school, Da Counsellor knew that he had to do something in order to generate income for his dreams to become a reality. Hence, his second passion of construction work came into play. At age 16 he worked at construction sites in Westmoreland and neighbouring parishes. Da Counsellor is an optimistic individual and it is said that optimism is the faith that leads to achievement and that nothing can be done without hope and confidence. At the age of 19 Da Counsellor save the money he had earned and bought a plane ticket to The Cayman Island where he hoped to find more consistent work. He did not get a job there at the time and so he ended returning to Jamaica. Not being one to give up, he soon tried looking for work in Panama and Curacao before going back to The Cayman Island where he did eventually get a good job. He currently travels back and forth between Jamaica and The Cayman Island where he is now a permanent resident.

Working in The Cayman Island, Da Counsellor was able to acquire the money needed to set in motion his dreams of becoming a recording artiste. In 2001 he went to the United States and did the Recordings for his first album which was entitled “God A De Number One”. It got good radio rotation in both Jamaica and The Grand Cayman. From there his musical journey started; he did shows in the United States, The Cayman Island and Jamaica. Although his musical career started to excel, he never gave up his second passion of construction work. He manages to balance both of them equally.

Currently Da Counsellor is working on releasing a new album entitled “You Going To Lose,” which he produced himself. The album features a collaboration with iconic Dancehall/Gospel artist Lieutenant Stitchie. A video was done for the title song “You Going To Lose” which was shot and edited by Jermaine Edwards . The tile of the album “You going to Lose” speaks of how men ought to treat there wife, which is of a respectable, loving and caring manner. If they fail to do so as the title suggest they are going to lose.

Persons wanting to work with Da Counsellor may do so by sending an email to Dacounsellor36@gmail.com or by calling any of the following numbers 1876-280-3666/ 1876-406-3877

Donna Burnett is a dub poet, writer, record producer, registered nurse, CEO and founder of Osujah Records and Charity Outreach Program.

Born at the historical Jubilee hospital in Kingston, Donna is the only child for her mother Rosamund Sayles. She grew up in Jones Town, bordered by Trench Town, Admiral Town, and Hannah Town in Kingston 12. Donna lived in other areas in Kingston like Harbor View, Patrick City, Portmore in St Catherine, but she always returned to her roots in Jones Town where her great grandmother, Aunt B resided. Donna was captivated by music at a very early age and was inspired by the musical talents of Aunt B, who played the accordion or flutena as she called it, when she sang and danced. Donna shared aunt B’s passion for music as well as her compassion for those who suffered. Together they ministered to the needy, sick, and hungry in the community, which included people as well as animals. Aunt B adopted a sickly infant “AJ” born to a mentally ill and homeless woman. AJ was the closest Donna came to having a brother. Mrs. Ivy, Donna’s grandmother, played the piano and sang soprano in the church choir. Her uncle owned a sound system “Touch of Class.”  Surrounded by adults, in a strict environment, Donna was often lonely and listened to music, wrote lyrics, poetry, sang, DJ’d and read extensively. English was her best subject.

Donna Burnett attended Queen’s High School, in St Andrew, and worked at the Ministry of Education at National Heroes Circle upon graduation. An avid fan of Bob Marley, she was deeply saddened by his death in 1981, and attended his viewing at the National Arena in Jamaica, where she paid her last respects to the Jamaican Icon. Donna was impressed with the Rastafarian movement at the time but never wore dreads or considered Haile Selassie as God. Donna was a firm believer in the Christian religion; however, she was more of an opinionated radical. In 1985, shortly after the birth of her first child, Donna migrated to the United States. She served in the US Navy as a Hospital Corpsman and Pharmacy Technician for 11 years. She obtained a BS degree in Nursing from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, where she also pursued classes in music, poetry and writing. Donna also works as a Registered Nurse.

Determined to finance her own Record Company, due to unequal opportunity for women in the Music Industry, Donna opened her first studio at her home in Beverly, St Ann, which she later moved to Main St. Priory, St Ann. She chose St. Ann because it was the birth place of her great grandmother, as well as that of the legendary leader, and National Hero, The Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey, another of Donna’s literary mentors. She also loves being close to the ocean.

The name Osujah was inspired through a prophetic vision with the divine revelation of her calling as a Levite, as can be noted in Joshua 21 of The Holy Bible. Joshua has been scrambled to create Osujah. Donna intends to be a driving force to be reckoned with in upcoming years, providing the medium through which voices can be heard and represented, where the lost can be lead, the hungry fed, the needy satisfied, and the broken mend.

Osujah Record’s latest project is a Reggae compilation entitled ‘Vybz In The Sun.’ It features two tracks from Lady Donna, namely; ‘Reject Failure’ and ‘Save A Life’ which features Alpancho. Persons wanting to work with Donna may do so by sending an email to osujah21@yahoo.com

Vaughn Dunn, better known to the public as Jahnny Scorchy, is a native of Morant Bay, St. Thomas. While in Jamaica he lived with his mother, brothers, uncles and grandparents before relocating to Toronto, Ontario at the age of ten to join his father. As an adolescent, Vaughn would play his fathers’ large collection of records and would enjoy when his mother listened and sang along to them. Those experiences coupled with his brothers’ encouragement inspired him to pursue music as a career. In the 90s his brothers owned and operated a popular sound system in Toronto called The Untouchables; they would always take young Vaughn to the studio to make dub plates (exclusive songs for their sounds system) and eventually began to get him on stage shows in and around the city. He performed at block parties and dancehall competitions as Johnny Blaze and Jahnny Knumonic until 2010 when he officially changed his name to Jahnny Scorchy. Though Jahnny Scorchy is a lover of all musical genres he specializes in urban sounds; Reggae, Dancehall, Hip-hop etc.

As an independent artist, Jahnny Scorchy works very hard to stay relevant by setting and achieving one major career goal each year. He performed at one of Canada’s biggest Reggae events, the Montreal Reggae Festival in 2007, in 2008 and 2009 he performed at the popular event, St. Thomas Link Up, held in Jamaica, in 2010 he started his own record label called Marvelous Music, in 2011 he performed at a new years eve show with established acts; Sizzla Kalonji and Tarrus Riley, in 2012 he released the ‘fire in the ice mix tape’, in 2013 he returned to Jamaica to shoot three music videos, one of which is for his hit single, ‘catch a fyah’, in 2014 he officially released ‘catch a fyah’ as a single and in 2015 he released the video which is currently in steady rotation on several networks in Jamaica, USA, and other small islands.  Watch the official video for ‘catch a fyah’ here: 

Jahnny Scorchy is currently in the studio working on his debut EP which he hopes to have out before the end of 2015. He also recently launched a website which focuses on promoting Reggae music, culture and lifestyle; www.scorchysky.com. Additionally, Jahnny is simultaneously promoting the single and video for ‘catch a fyah’.

Persons wanting to work with him may do so by sending an email to jahnnyscorchy@hotmail.com And his social sites are FB: www.facebook.com/jahnny.scorchy, Twitter: www.twitter.com/JahnnyScorchy

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As an adolescent growing up in the Waterhouse Community in Kingston, Jamaica, Ryan Bennett was afforded a lot of freedom. His mother migrated to the UK and so he was left in the care of his godmother who did not stop him from attending all the talked about events in his neighborhood. It is because he was constantly going to street parties and socializing that persons began calling him ‘Fyesta Wild Axe’, a name he later shortened to ‘Wild Axe’.

Wild Axe initially had no interest in being a recording artist; the desire to pursue music as a career came by chance when he was asked to assist his friend in the studio by going in the booth and simply checking the mic. From that point on he began writing lyrics and paying attention to other artists whom he looked up to. Some of his biggest musical inspirations are Bounty Killer, Bob Marley, Dennis Brown, Buju Banton and Beenie Man.

Four years after his mother left Jamaica, he also got the opportunity to do the same and so he joined her in England and began to settle into what would be considered a normal life; this included studying computer IT at Lewisham College. Fortunately, he could not shake his desire for writing and performing music and so in 2010 he began to refocus his energy and once again started to compose songs. He then returned to Jamaica and immediately invested both his time and financial resources into what he now considered his full time occupation. By then he had a manager, Charmain Scott, who encouraged him to record with Smoothface Production, which is based in the UK and both Digitalize Records and Control Tower Squad, which are based in Jamaica. The collaboration with these record companies produced several tracks that helped to create massive awareness for Wild Axe as an artist. He did songs like “Hot Steppa” on the 100 Degree Rhythm compilation which also featured well known acts like Popcaan and Demarco. Once that record was released Wild Axe and his team began to promote the track aggressively as they were getting a lot of positive feedback from his fan base. Other songs that helped to propel him in the limelight are “Money Mi Want” and “Happy Life” which he did a video for. Watch the official video for “Happy Life” here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGPLAdGcXkY

Wild Axe is currently getting ready to release his first EP. It will feature the three previously mentioned songs as well as others, and it will be distributed by 21st Hapilos (one of the most acknowledged distributors in Dancehall). Listen to the new single “Hot Steppa” here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=futiCq8RFSY

Anyone wanting to work with Wild Axe may contact his manager Charmain Scott via email at Charmainescott47@hotmail.co.uk or his agent Demone Gustavus via email at gussieph@hotmail.com or via phone at (876) 537-3051.

WILD AXE SOCIAL MEDIA:

Twitter: www.twitter.com/officialwildaxe

Instagram: www.instagram.com/wildaxemusic

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