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August 25, 2011

Grammy Awards 5 Questions With… Shaggy!

Grammy-winning dancehall reggae artist Shaggy recently participated in an installment of The Recording Academy’s 5 Questions With… series. Held at The Academy’s headquarters in Santa Monica, California, Shaggy discussed topics such as songwriting, musical influences, advice for young musicians, his service in the Marine Corps, and his latest album, Summer In Kingston.

What is it like to be nominated for and to win Grammy Awards? What are some of the biggest moments he experienced in his career? What does Shaggy say about his great new album Summer in Kingston and about his charity work for the Bustamente Hospital for Children?

What’s Shaggy’s songwriting process like? And what’s his advice to aspiring young musicians? Watch Shaggy’s answers on the Grammy Awards 5 Questions with… Shaggy on Grammy.com!

The Grammy Awards Shaggy interview

May 28, 2011

Tonight: Shaggy and Tony Rebel to host IRAWMA Awards!

Tonight: International Reggae and World Music Awards
Tonight the prestigious 2011 International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) will be held at the National Academy of Performing Arts in Port of Spain, Trinidad! Shaggy, who is nominated for four awards, and Tony Rebel are going to host the event. Machel Montano HD, Queen Ifrica, Freddy McGregor, Tarrus Riley, Beenie Man, Tifa, Dean Fraser, Macka Diamond, Denise Belfon and more will perform at the awards ceremony. The ceremony starts at 8 PM (GMT-4). For lots of information about the International Reggae and World Music Awards, log on to the IRAWMA site!

IRAWMAs broadcast live on Trinidad & Tobago CNC3 Television
Trinidad & Tobago CNC3 Television will broadcast live exclusive coverage of the IRAWMA Awards! CNC3 TV has a live stream here!

IRAWMA Press conference
Shaggy was one of the artists representing at the International Reggae And World Music Awards Press conference, which was held yesterday at the Hyatt Regency in Trinidad. Here’s a photo by OnStage TV!

Machel Montano & Shaggy interviews
 Photo of Machel Montano and Shaggy in TrinidadShaggy and Machel Montano were interviewed by BoomChampions on 94.1 FM and by College Mania Radio on 91.9 Soca FM! Machel uploaded a photo of himself and Shaggy, check it here!

BoomChampions Shaggy & Machel Montano interview videos
You can watch the full BoomChampions interview with Shaggy and Machel Montano on LiveStream! They talk among others about working together (Shaggy and Machel recorded the maaad Toro Toro and the Wining Season Remix together!), the charity song Rise Again, touring and Shaggy’s upcoming June 6 hard copy release of the Shaggy & Friends album (his first of two 2011 albums!)!

You can also watch five videos of the interview on YouTube:

Tomorrow: Reggae Meets Soca Chutney concert
Shaggy, Rayvon, Machel Montano, Beenie Man, Jah Cure and Gramps Morgan are going to perform at the Reggae Meets Soca Chutney concert at Queens Park Savannah in Port of Spain, Trinidad!

November 13, 2009

Shaggy interviews: Angela and Friends

Angela and Friends Shaggy interview
The video of Shaggy on Angela & Friends at Sky1 is online now! Angela and Shaggy talk about Shaggy’s charity work for the Chain of Hope and the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation and how men and women lie and cheat – that is, according to Shaggy.

They also talked about Shaggy’s upcoming album, on which he’s currently working. After having released the Intoxication album for the underground, Shaggy’s new album will be a more mainstream album again. Hopefully with a lot of huge hits! Wanna see and hear more? You can watch the video here!

BMI Urban Awards 2009 Shaggy interview
Here’s an interview from the BMI Urban Awards earlier this year! Shaggy talks about the position of dancehall in the music industry and the freedom of having his own label. Video.

September 5, 2009

Shaggy and Gary Nesta Pine at The Dome 51 videos, tour update, On Da Reggae Tip

Shaggy & Gary Nesta Pine Fly High live at The Dome
Here’s Shaggy and Gary Nesta Pine performing their summer hit Fly High at the Dome 51 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany. Fly High is continuing to climb the European charts and the Euro Top Chart. It’s a pretty cool performance!

Shaggy feat. Gary Nesta Pine Fly High live video at The Dome 51 in Cologne, Germany

Shaggy at The Dome 51 Red Carpet videoand photos
Gamezone has 3 photos of Shaggy on the red carpet at The Dome 51 in Cologne, Germany. The Cologne city portal also has 5 red carpet photos of Shaggy wearing his Superman shirt. Thanks to Stefan, here’s the red carpet video from The Dome 51! Shaggy is at around 1:31 minutes into the video.

Shaggy at The Dome 51, Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany red carpet

More The Dome 51 photos
Big Fm has a photo of Shaggy being interviewed on The Dome 51 in Cologne, Germany. There is also a picture of his performance and a meet & greet with a fan. The Dome official site has a photo gallery with photos of Shaggy & Gary Nesta Pine live in concert (click on “nächstes Foto” to see more photos from the show).

Shaggy at On Da Reggae Tip
Shaggy, Elephant Man, Beenie Man, Mr Vegas, Spice, Serani, T.O.K., Bounty Killer, Jim Jones and more artists performed on and attended the Hot 97 On Da Reggae Tip Live at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York yesterday. Splashnews has photos, so does Wireimage.

Hot 97 Fm also has a photo gallery with two pages of photos and a review.

Upcoming tour dates
Here are the recently confirmed concerts! For more info, log on to Shaggy’s MySpace!
December 4 La Réunion
December 5 Mauritius

T5M Shaggy interview videos
T5M interviewed Shaggy about his childhood, his time in the Marines, his trade-mark low voice and Boombastic. You can watch all interview videos on the T5M page. A couple have been embedded below. Enjoy!

Mr Boombastic

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