Shaggy and Wyclef Jean live at the LIME Campus Crew Tour
Shaggy and Wyclef Jean did a surprise performance at the Waterford High School in Portmore, Jamaica on October 22 (Shaggy’s birthday)! The students went crazy when Shaggy and Wyclef entered the stage. Shaggy and Wyclef Jean performed several songs and Wyclef sang Happy Birthday to Shaggy. Here’s a video!
Shaggy and Wyclef Jean live in Jamaica
The featured songs are Church Heathen, Bonafide Girl, Angel, Strength of a Woman and Hips Don’t Lie. Wyclef also sang Happy Birthday to Shaggy!
Shaggy & crew live at the Reggae Sumfest in Jamaica concert videos
Shaggy, Rayvon & crew performed at the Reggae Sumfest in Jamaica in July. Here are a couple of videos of their performance!
Boombastic and Angel live video at the Reggae Sumfest in Jamaica
Bad Man Don’t Cry, What’s Love, I Wanna and Hey Sexy Lady
Shaggy makes a cameo appearance in new Sean Kingston & Nicki Minaj video
Sean Kingston and Nicki Minaj recently shot a video for their new single “Letting Go (Dutty Love)”. Shaggy, Wayne Marshall, Tami Chynn, Voicemail, Ian Goodison, Barbee, Baby G, John John, Ding Dong and other Jamaican entertainers will make a special cameo appearance in the video! The video was directed by Little X and made at James Avenue in Ocho Rios, Jamaica.
Making the video behind the scenes video and photos
Wanna see a video and photos of the making of the video? You can watch a behind the scenes video and view photos here!
Shaggy to Brooklyn Music Festival
Shaggy, Fabolous, Lady Saw, Barrington Levy, Yellowman, Tanya Stephens, Assassin (Agent Sasco), Ding Dong, Gregory Isaacs, Marcia Griffiths, B.O.B., Da’Ville, Tanya Stephens and many more will perform at the 3rd Annual Brooklyn Music Festival!
The Brooklyn Music Festival will be held on July 4 at Aviator Sports and Recreation at Floyd Bennet Field, Flatbush Avenue Extension South, New York. For more info about the festival and tickets, visit the official festival site!
Shaggy organizes a Walk for Peace: Save Jamaica!
Jamaica has had a long standing problem with violence and after the recent shootings of dancehall artists Oneil (of the group Voicemail) and Mad Cobra, the entertainment community is planning a Peace March on May 23. Edit: please note that the Peace March has been postponed due to the recent unrest in Jamaica.
Shaggy, organiser and spokesperson for the Peace March, spoke to the Jamaica Star about the violence in Jamaica and the event he is organizing. You can read more in this article!
New songs for Haiti with Etana and Sean Kingston
Shaggy recorded a song for Haiti! One part is with Etana and has been produced by Christopher Birch for Birchill Records. The other part is a collaboration with Sean Kingston, which they recorded this weekend in Jamaica! It is called “We’ll Rise Again”. More artists will be featured and the song will be released soon!
Shaggy, Sean Kingston and more in Kingston
Sean Kingston, Shaggy, Usain Bolt, Tessanne Chin, Morgan Heritage and many more were at Club Privilege in Kingston, Jamaica on Friday. SKKAN Media has a photo gallery!
Shaggy at Coke Zero concert
Shaggy performed at the “Coke Zero presents Sean Kingston concert” last night at the LIME Golf Academy in New Kingston. All proceeds of the concert go to the Haiti Relief Fund! Other artists who performed were among others Sean Kingston, Ding Dong, Chino, Elephant Man, Tifa, Tessanne Chin, D’Angel, Serani, Voice Mail, QQ, G Whizz, Alaine, Demarco and DJ Shine. The Jamaica Gleaner has a review of the concert. Rockwildaz has a photo of Shaggy backstage and a photo gallery with photos of Shaggy & Tessanne Chin performing their new hit song Never Let Me Go!
Win tickets to Raggamuffin Festival
You can win double passes to the Raggamuffin Festival in Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, at Alchemy! You can win double passes to the Raggamuffin Festival in New Zealand at View Auckland, tickets at C4TV and VIP tickets at The Breakfast News at TV NZ!
New Shaggy song: Bob Sinclar & Shaggy – I Wanna!
Shaggy’s new song with Bob Sinclar premiered on Fun Radio last night. The song is called I Wanna and it’s hot! You can listen to it below.
Bob Sinclar & Shaggy – I Wanna…
Upcoming concert dates
Here are some of the newly added 2010 Shaggy tour dates! So far the Raggamuffin Festival in Australia and New Zealand has been confirmed by Big Yard, the other dates haven’t been confirmed yet but they have been in the media.
Shaggy and Usain Bolt to Hollywood
The fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt, will play the turntables for charity at Jazzy T’s annual birthday celebration at the Seminole Hard Rock Opium Night Club in Hollywood on January 17. Shaggy will also be present, according to the South Florida News!
Raggamuffin Festival Australia and New Zealand
Shaggy, Wyclef Jean, Julian Marley, Sean Kingston, Steel Pulse, Lauryn Hill and Sly & Robbie will perform at the Raggamuffin Festival in Australia and New Zealand on January 23-31. For the exact tour dates and locations, here.
Youth View Awards 2010
Shaggy, Ding Dong, Tifa, Aidonia, Elephant Man, Voicemail, Etana, G-Whizz, Tessanne Chin and more artists will perform at the Youth View Awards 2010! And that’s not all, Shaggy has been nominated for awards in the categories of Celebrity Role Model and Local International Artiste of the Year!
The awards ceremony will be held at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston, Jamaica on February 6. For more information about the awards show and the voting for the awards, log on to the Youth View Awards 2010 Facebook!
Ragga Muffins Festival California
On February 20 and 21, the Ragga Muffins Festival in California will pay tribute to Bob Marley. Shaggy will perform on Long Beach on February 20! You can find more info about the festival and on where to get tickets at the Ragga Muffins Festival site.
Artists who will perform at the two-day festival are among others Shaggy, Gregory Isaacs, Barrington Levy, Capleton, Cocoa Tea, Tarrus Riley, Alborosie, The Mighty Diamonds, Konshens, Yellowman, Gramps Morgan, Kenneth Boothe, Frankie Paul, Big Youth, Don Carlos and Lloyd Brown.
Caribbean Festival Miami
Damian, Stephen & Julian Marley and Shaggy will perform at the Caribbean Festival at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami on February 27! Source: Reggae Ville.
Reportage Shaggy video
Here’s a clip from a tv show item about Shaggy. Wanna see photos of Shaggy as a baby and as a kid? As well as of some of his magazine covers? And watch video snippets of US MTV Cribs, Oh Carolina, Boombastic, Hey Sexy Lady, live shows and more? You can watch it all in the video below!
Reportage Shaggy video!
Shaggy & Friends raise $30 million for Bustamente Hospital!
The Shaggy & Friends concert raised $30 million (Jamaican) dollars for the Bustamente Hospital for Children! A huge achievement, made possible by Shaggy & Friends, the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation and everyone who attended and contributed. Much respect to Shaggy and the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation for their charity work! Jamaica Gleaner article with photo.
Shaggy live at Jamaica House
Shaggy performed a tribute to the Jamaican Olympic artists at Jamaica House. Here’s a live video of Shaggy & Jaiden performing Bonafide Girl!
MTV Inside Shaggy in Jamaica video MTV Japan
Wanna take a look in Shaggy´s Big Yard music studio in Jamaica, watch interviews and hear a lot of cool music? MTV Japan did a documentary about Shaggy in Jamaica. Shaggy talks about his origins in Rae Town, Kingston, his music from the Ruff Entry Crew, his situation with different record companies until Church Heathen and Intoxication (which was being released when this video documentary was made) and you get to take a look in his house and his studio. Bob Marley’s studio is also featured in the video. The music in the video is among others Big Up (live), Boombastic, Luv Me Luv Me, Why Must She Treat You So Bad, Angel, It Wasn’t Me, Wild 2Nite, More Woman, Woman Scorned, What’s Love, Reggae Vibes and the rare Call Me Up!
Big Yard´s manager and producer Robert Livingston also talks about Shaggy and how their collaboration came about. He says Shaggy’s one of the greatest artist he’s ever met. Fellow artists Chuck Fender, Blacker, General Degree, Christopher Martin and Voicemail also speak about Shaggy. Shaggy made a special Church Heathen and Call Me Up dubplate for MTV Japan as well. You can now watch the video online!
BMO Music Fest 2009 Tokyo and Okinawa photos
Spotted Stripes has a photo of Shaggy in Tokyo and a pic of Shaggy in Okinawa. Positive Productions also has a picture.
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.
