The American Friends of Jamaica will honor Shaggy, philanthropist and international recording artist, at its 7th Annual Peacock Soiree at Jungle Island in Miami on April 9! More info at the American Friends of Jamaica.
January 14, 2011
October 12, 2010
New tour dates: Washington D.C., Lanham Maryland and a charity event in New York
American Friends of Jamaica Fundraiser, Capitale, New York (October 18)
Shaggy has been involved in a lot of charity events, including the Shaggy & Friends benefit concerts for the Bustamente Hospital for Children. On October 18, Shaggy will perform at the American Friends of Jamaica 29th Annual Hummingbird fundraiser Gala in New York! The fundraiser gala takes place at the Capitale in New York on October 18. More info about the fundraiser.
Howard University Caribbean Homecoming: Washington D.C. and Lanham (October 29)
Shaggy will perform at the Howard University Homecoming International YardFest Celebration in Washington D.C. on October 29 (12-6 PM)!
Also on October 29 (9-11.30 PM) Shaggy and Destra will perform at Ménage, the HUCSA Homecoming, at La Fontaine Bleue in Lanham, Maryland, on October 29! You can buy your tickets at Pumpstation Entertainment!
May 12, 2010
Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation & Sow a Seed Charity
Shaggy for Operation: Angels Rise charity
The Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation and Sow a Seed collaborate to raise funds for new and refurbished wings at Bustamante Hospital for Children. The collaboration, which is called OPERATION: Angels Rise, will be launched on May 15 at the Fiction Lounge in Jamaica! More: Jamaica Observer article.
Shaggy endorses and supports the Sow a Seed charity
March 23, 2010
November 17, 2009
Shaggy interview, Strike 3 Foundation gala photos, Shaggy & Tessanne Chin in the studio
Shaggy interview about the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation
The Voice Online interviewed Shaggy about his charity efforts for the Bustamente Hospital for Children and his Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation. They talked about what lead Shaggy to organize the Shaggy & Friends concert, his involvement in the community, receiving the Gleaner Honour Award and more! Interview article.
Strike 3 Foundation Gala pictures
Shaggy and Rayvon performed at the Strike 3 Foundation Second Annual First Pitch Celebrity Gala in benefit of pediatric cancer research and the Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital at the Omni Hotel in New Haven, Connecticut, last week. The official Strike 3 Foundation site now has photos of the benefit gala.
Possible upcoming tour (dates)?
Ali Campbell told The National in Abu Dhabi that he might go on a North American tour with Sean Paul, Sean Kingston and Shaggy! Article. At any rate, he’s going to perform at the Shaggy & Friends benefit concert on January 2. Shaggy might also perform at the One Love Reggae Series at the Negril Escape in Jamaica on February 23, but as far as known this isn’t out of negotiations yet.
Shaggy & Tessanne Chin in the studio: video
Here’s a video of Shaggy & Tessanne Chin having fun with Never Let Me Go in Big Yard’s studio! This video was removed by the uploader, so I replaced it with a live video of Shaggy & Tessanne singing Never Let Me Go. Enjoy!
Shaggy & Tessanne Chin in the studio: Never Let Me Go
November 5, 2009
October 22, 2009
Shaggy’s birthday, new song Kevin Lyttle feat. Shaggy Feels So Good, Raggamuffin Festival 2010
Shaggy’s birthday
Today is Shaggy’s birthday. Happy birthday to Shaggy!
Shaggy to the Raggamuffin Festival 2010
Shaggy will return to the Raggamuffin Festival in Australia and New Zealand in 2010! Shaggy, Wyclef Jean, Sly & Robbie, Julian Marley, Sean Kingston, Steel Pulse, Blue King Brown and House Of Shem will perform at the festival in January. For more information, check the official Ragamuffin Festival site for Australia and New Zealand. Tickets will be available starting October 20 at Ticketmaster Australia and New Zealand starting October 26. Here are the tour dates:
January 23 2010 Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua, New Zealand
January 25 2010 ME Bank Stadium, Perth, Australia
January 29 2010 Acer Arena, Sydney, Australia
January 30 2010 Riverstage, Brisbane, Australia
January 31 2010 Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Australia
New Shaggy song! Kevin Lyttle ft. Shaggy Feels So Good!
Shaggy and Kevin Lyttle recently recorded a song together. Here it is: Kevin Lyttle featuring Shaggy, Feels So Good!
New song: Kevin Lyttle ft. Shaggy Feels So Good
Shakti Love Fest auction and photos
The Shakti Love Fest’s auction to raise more funds for the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation continues until noon (Jamaican time) today, Shaggy’s birthday. If you want to purchase an item and help the Bustamente Hospital for Children, you can still do so for a few hours!
Also, there are now more photos online of the performances at the Shakti Love Fest on Facebook, among others of Shaggy and Toots Hibbert sharing the stage (click on next for more photos of Shaggy).
Wave 105 auction
Wave 105 is auctioning a Best of Shaggy, The Boombastic Collection, signed by Shaggy, in their online Cash for Kids Charity Auction. You can get more information or place a bid here.
Mr Vegas and Shaggy live at Greenhouse in NYC
Shaggy and Mr Vegas visited Greenhouse in New York at Mr Vegas’ birthday last month and did an impromptu performance. Here’s a video!
Mr Vegas and Shaggy impromptu performance: Shaggy sings Boombastic, Angel, happy birthday, It Wasn’t Me and Big Up
October 14, 2009
Shaggy and Bruck Up live on Good Day New York, Shakti Love Fest
Shaggy & Bruck Up live on Good Day New York
Shaggy and Bruck Up will perform their cool Sunglasses a.k.a. Keep Ya Shades On single live in the studio of Good Day New York this morning between 7 and 10 AM on WNYW/FOX5! More info.
You can either watch the show live in an online webstream here or maybe later in the GDNY webcast!
Update: Bruck Up, Shaggy and Rayvon were just on! They were all sharply dressed and wearing sunglasses. Shaggy talked about his time in the Marines, Bruck Up spoke about his Jamaican background, Bruck Up and Shaggy performed their hot new single Sunglasses a.k.a. Keep Ya Shades On and Shaggy & Rayvon sang Angel live in the studio! Here’s the pretty cool interview and performance video featuring Shaggy, Bruck Up and Rayvon. Enjoy!
Shaggy, Bruck Up & Rayvon interview, Sunglasses and Angel live!
Shakti Love Fest photos
A lot of photos of the Shakti Love Fest are online! The Shakti Love Fest is a charity event that was organized on October 3 in association with the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation for the benefit of the Bustamente Hospital for Children. You can view the first part of the photos of the Shakti Love Fest (Shaggy is on page 2 and 3) here and a five-page photo gallery of the Shakti Love Fest Launch on Facebook!
Yard Edge also has an article with photos of the Shakti Love Fest, which was organized in association with the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation for Shaggy’s Bustamente Hospital for Children charity, and writes it’s a huge success. You can read the article and view the photos here.
2003 video: SOS-Kinderdorf, Shaggy for Kids for Kids and more
Here’s a video from 2003 which shows Shaggy singing Boombastic. It also shows one of Shaggy’s other charity involvements: SOS-Kinderdorf and the track Suffer on the Kids for Kids album.
Back to 2003: Shaggy live, SOS-Kinderdorf, Kids for Kids cd and more
January 6, 2009
January 5, 2009
December 21, 2008
New Shaggy tune: I Can’t Fight this Feeling!
New Shaggy song: I Can’t Fight this Feeling
Young Lion played a brand new Shaggy tune on his show. The song is called I Can’t Fight this Feeling and is on Christopher Birch’s new Baddaz Riddim, which also features contributions by Elephant Man (Dance), D’Angel (Push Over), Busy Signal (Hustling), Assassin (Child Molester), Vybz Kartel (Selassie I Luv We), Red Fox featuring Tash (Go On), Pamputae (Stress Free), Kipirch (Who Seh), Voicemail (Nuh Stray) and Lisa Hype feat. Vybz Kartel (How Yuh Do It Like Dat). You can listen to it on Young Lion’s newest show.
More on Shaggy’s upcoming charity concert for the Bustamente Children Hospital
The Jamaica Gleaner interviewed Shaggy about the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation and his upcoming Shaggy & Friends benefit concert. The article also has photos of Shaggy and Elephant Man at a charity event for kids. The Jamaica Gleaner also has an article about Shaggy’s upcoming charity concert for the Bustamente Hospital for Children on January 3 2009 (you can find more info here).
Shaggy’s involvement
The Jamaica Observer writes about Shaggy’s admirable involvement with the Bustamente Hospital for Children too. Also, DJ Red Fox was interviewed by the Jamaica Gleaner about Shaggy. You can read the insightful article and view a Shaggy picture here.
Shaggy to Rwanda and UAE and on Belgian TV
Raphiphopmusic has a review of Shaggy’s concert in Rwanda on December 13. There’s also a concert review and pics of Shaggy’s Rwanda concert on New Times.
New tour and tv date
Shaggy will perform in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on February 12 2009. Source: Shaggy’s official MySpace. Belgian tv station VTM will broadcast a special on the Natalia Meets…En Vogue feat. Shaggy concert, of which the DVD was a number 1 hit in Belgium, on Sunday December 21 on 16.20h. Source: Proximus Goformusic.