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November 15, 2012

Reggae superstar Shaggy honorary guest at Buma Rotterdam Beats (The Netherlands, November 16 and 17)

Grammy winner completes Jamaica theme of international industry platform and showcase festival.
With Reggae superstar Orville ‘Shaggy’ Burrell added to the line-up of Buma Rotterdam Beats’ third edition, the day program of this year’s international business platform and showcase festival for Hip Hop, R&B, Soul, Reggae, Dubstep and Bass is almost complete. In two special keynotes and one panel session, Grammy winner Shaggy will talk about all the ins and outs of both the business and performance side of his musical career spanning over more than two decades.

Shaggy, known around the world for hits like ‘Boombastic’ and ‘It Wasn’t Me’, is one of the most successful artists in the modern Jamaican music scene. Apart from his success as an artist, he has been active behind the scenes as well. This summer Shaggy launched his own record label Ranch Entertainment with offices in New York and Jamaica. At Buma Rotterdam Beats, Shaggy will take us through his musical career step by step. He will discuss some of his key hits and in a Q&A with CEO of Solid Agency, Sharon Burke, and agent Paul Lee of Valley Touring and Ranch Entertainment, he will zoom in on the business aspect of his global success.

Program
Shaggy will take part in three sessions at the Buma Rotterdam Beats conference and the Next Beats special:

  • My career in records with: Shaggy (Fri 16 Nov 13:00 – 13:45, Conference)
  • The Jamaican Foundation (Sat 17 Nov 13:45 – 14:30, Conference)
    Panel with Shaggy (JA), Cleveland ‘Clevie’ Browne (JA), The honorable Damion Crawford (JA), Paul Lee (JA), Mykaell Riley (GB), moderated by Danny Pepperseed
  • The business of being Shaggy (Sat 17 Nov 17:15 – 18:00, Next Beats & Conference),
    a Q&A with Shaggy (JA) and Mykaell Riley (GB)

Tickets
Tickets to the conference are available for 130 Euros. Next Beats tickets are available for 15 Euros.

Buma Rotterdam Beats
With Shaggy and his business partners confirmed, Buma Rotterdam Beats puts an exclamation mark behind one of this year’s central themes: the strong and worldwide influence of Jamaican music. Over the last fifty years, Jamaica’s music culture has proven to be the primal source of many interesting developments in music.

An important pioneer within this history is Cleveland ‘Clevie’ Browne, known for the duo Steely & Clevie, who worked with greats such as Bob Marley, Sean Paul and Shabba Ranks. Cleveland Browne is going to give both a keynote speech and a production master class. Professor Mykaell Riley from the university of Westminster and founder of the Reggae act Steel Pulse will talk about his research on the impact of Caribbean music on the British music scene over the last fifty years. Together with BBC 1Xtra’s Robbo Ranx, Mykaell Riley will also touch on the rise of Bass culture in general.

January 5, 2010

Happy New Year and Shaggy & Friends concert photos and reviews

Happy New Year
Happy New Year everyone!

Shaggy & Friends concert
The Shaggy & Friends concert in benefit of the Bustamente Hospital for Children took place last weekend at the Lawns of Jamaica House. Flyer for the Shaggy & Friends charity concert in benefit of the Bustamente Hospital for Children's medical resources Double Dare to Care 2010The event started with an auction, after which Shaggy, Boyz II Men, Mario Winans, Joe, Machel Montano HD, Beenie Man, Baby Trish, Toots Hibbert, Ce’Cile, Alaine, Tessanne Chin, Mikal Rose, T.O.K., Sanchez, Mavado, Bounty Killer, Cham, Queen Ifrica, Chevaughn, Ding Dong, Ity & Fancy Cat, Dr Michael Abrahams, Blakka Ellis and many more were on stage. According to attendees, the concert was overall a huge success!

All proceeds of the concert will go to the Bustamente Hospital for Children, which is the only pediatric hospital in the West Indies. It lacks the resources to provide adequate care for sick children. By attending the hospital or contributing otherwise you can support this worthy cause! More info.

Shaggy & Friends photos
Wanna see some photos of the concert? Here you go! SociaLinga 1, Socia Lingua 2, Socia Lingua 3, SKKAN Media Entertainment, the Jamaica Gleaner, JamediaMark, Tyrone Reviews, Jahkno 1, Jahkno 2, Tara Playfair-Scott, Chawlee and Go-Jamaica all have a lot of photos and photo galleries of the concert, the backstage action, the red carpet and the audience! If you wanna see some more photos of last year’s concert, visit these galleries: Shaggy Foundation and JamediaMark.

Shaggy & Friends concert reviews
The concert was huge! You can read reviews in the Jamaica Gleaner (with photos), Jamaica Observer, Jamaica Observer TEENage, Jamaica Star, Tyrone Reviews (with photos and quotes from the artists), Entertainment Vybz and Buzz Magazine.

Shaggy & Friends Celebrity Pre-Party photos
The day before the Shaggy & Friends concert, a celebrity and press pre-party was held at Fiction Lounge in Kingston. Shaggy, DJ Kue, Ce’Cile, Alaine and many more attended. SociaLingua has a photo gallery!

Shaggy Foundation on Deal or No Deal
Big Yard recording artist Christopher Martin represented the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation in Deal or No Deal, a Digicel tv show in which contestants can try to win a lot of money. He won over $400,000 for the charity! You can read more and view photos in among others the Bajan Reporter, Jamaica Observer, Jamaica Star and Kingston Chronicle.

Shaggy for Shaggy & Friends concert endorsement video
The Shaggy & Friends concert in benefit of the Bustamente Hospital for Children is this Saturday. Here’s a video of Shaggy talking about the concert and how you can get involved!

Shaggy & Friends concert: organizers and auction
So, besides Shaggy, who are the people behind the Shaggy Double Dare to Care concert? The Jamaica Gleaner has a lot of articles about the women behind the Shaggy & Friends concert, who make this huge event happen: Rebecca Packer, Sharon Burke, Angela Thame, Charmaine Franklyn, Jacqui Tyson and Nikki Barbar! You can read a little about the concert’s auction on E-Square.

Shaggy interview about Shaggy & Friends
Real Vibez interviewed Shaggy about his charity work for the Bustamente Hospital for Children. Why does he do this, what kind of equipment has he donated, what will the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation be buying for the hospital in 2010 and what message can he give to the younger generation? You can hear Shaggy’s answers in the interview video!

“If you’re going to do something, make a difference!”

Shaggy’s charity work
Here are some more new articles about Shaggy’s charity work: Jamaica Observer Shaggy makes a difference, Digicel partners with Shaggy and Jamaica Gleaner article about Shaggy’s annual treat at the Bustamente Hospital for Children!

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