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June 15, 2012

Official Jamaica 50 song: Shaggy feat. various artists – On A Mission – to premiere today!

Official Jamaica 50 song: Shaggy and others – On A Mission – to premiere today!
Shaggy invites YOU to the premiere of the official Jamaica 50 song I’m on a Mission! The song is set to premiere today at 4.15 P.M. on all Jamaican and diaspora radio and tv stations!

The official song for the 50th anniversary of Jamaica’s independence was produced by Shaggy and features some of Jamaica’s best-known international and local artistes: Shaggy, Assassin, Beres Hammond, Tarrus Riley, Damian Marley, Romain Virgo, Chevelle Franklin, Wayne Marshall, Tifa and Tessanne Chin.

Shaggy – I’m on a Mission premiere invitation & brand new song!

The words of the song are a call to action that recounts Jamaica’s history, accomplishments and talents on the world stage. It urges all Jamaicans to pledge proudly, celebrate and Get ON IT as one… “On A Mission.”

January 8, 2012

Shaggy & Friends 2012 first video and photos

Shaggy & Friends 2012 first video and photos
Last night the third edition of the Shaggy & Friends concert was held. A huge number of people, including Jamaica’s Prime Minister, came to enjoy the event and to support the only pediatric hospital in the West Indies. Many people from all over the world also watched the concert in the LIME TV live stream. According to attendees and live viewers, the event and the concert were great!

All proceeds of the Shaggy & Friends concert will go to the Bustamante Children’s Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. This year’s edition focuses on raising money for the cardiac unit of the only pediatric hospital in the West Indies.

Shaggy along with Tarrus Riley, Romain Virgo, Tami Chynn, Wayne Marshall, Tifa, Future Fambo, Deniece Williams, Ms Kitty, Maxi Priest, Eve, Mystic Davis, Half Pint, Agent Sasco, Mr Vegas, Gyptian, Rayvon, Tessanne Chin, Cocoa Tea, Junior Reid, I-Octane, Stephen Marley, Damian Marley, Beres Hammond, Lauryn Hill, Rohan Gunter and more graced the stage and made the evening unforgettable for anyone who attended.

Check out these photo galleries by Infuzion.inc, Fun in Jamaica part 1 and part 2 and Lime Jamaica!

Shaggy and Tessanne performed Shaggy’s new single Dame feat. Kat DeLuna – which premiered on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno earlier this week. Check out the video below!

Shaggy and Tessanne Chin perform Dame live on Shaggy & Friends

May 30, 2011

Shaggy wins three IRAWMA Awards!

Shaggy wins three International Reggae And World Music Awards!
Congratulations to Shaggy! He won three International Reggae And World Music Awards (IRAWMA) at Saturday’s IRAWMA 2011 ceremony. Shaggy was awarded the prestigious Bob Marley Award for Entertainer of the Year as well as the Marcus Garvey Humanitarian Award and the Community Service Award for his charity work with the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation benefiting the Bustamente Children’s Hospital!     Read more in the Guardian and Trinidad Express.

IRAWMA photos
Reuters has photos of Shaggy, Tony Rebel, Deniece Williams, Tifa, Machel Montano and Gramps Morgan at the IRAWMA ceremony!

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!

February 16, 2011

Shaggy nominated for EME Awards

Shaggy has been nominated for three Excellence in Music and Entertainment Awards (EME) and you can help him win!

Shaggy has been nominated for the Artist of the Decade Award (for the artist who had the biggest impact as a hit maker, performer and as a touring act in 2001-2010) and the International Artist of the Year Award! Also, Shaggy’s super hot song with Alaine, For Yur Eyez Only, has been nominated for the Collabo of the Year (Local) Award!

You can vote online. So, show your support for Shaggy & your other favorite artists and VOTE!

The EME Awards will take place on March 12 in Kingston, Jamaica. Eve, Trina, Lady Saw, Etana, Bounty Killer, Jah Cure, Elephant Man, Wayne Wonder, Andrew Tosh, Tifa, Nomaddz, Khalil, Leba and Downsound Records Crew will perform! More info at the official EME site!

January 16, 2011

Youth View Awards & Today: Buju & Friends Live Before the Dawn concert and web cast

Today: Buju & Friends Before the Dawn concert
Buju Banton, Shaggy, Wayne Wonder, Stephen Marley, Freddie McGregor, Tarrus Riley, Dean Fraser, Sly & Robbie, Nadine Sutherland, Everton Blender and many more will perform at Buju Banton’s Before the Dawn concert today. Here’s a concert promo video. Visit Buju Live for more info! Can’t go to the concert? You don’t have to miss out on this historical event! CMX Events in association with Gargamel Music and Rocker’s Island are offering a $24.95 live web cast, with video on demand being available through January 17. And if you’re in Jamaica, you can watch the concert live for free on LIME Mobile TV! Shaggy tweeted on Friday: “Did rehearsal yesterday with Shilo band and Steve Marley.. Buju seemed in good spirits! Wish him the best! .. ..Di concert ago maaad!!!”

Shaggy nominated for two Youth View Awards
Shaggy has been nominated for Celebrity Role Model (category 19) at the Youth View Awards 2011 for his extensive charity work for the Bustamente Hospital for Children and the Shaggy & Friends charity concerts! The 2010 charity concert raised JMD $31 million for the children hospital! Aside from organizing two huge charity concerts for the hospital, he has contributing equipment, time and money to the children’s hospital and other charities and causes for many years.

Besides his nomination for Celebrity Role Model, Shaggy is also nominated alongside Sean Paul and Mavado for Favourite local international artiste of the year (category 12).

Vote for the Youth View Awards 2011
If you’re in Jamaica, vote now by texting the category number followed by the name of the artist you think deserves to win to 284-9900! The Youth View Awards ceremony is held on February 5 in Kingston, Jamaica. More info.

Youth View Awards 2011 flyer Shaggy Mavado Yendi Phillips Tifa Sean Paul Jay Will Game Over and more nominated

December 8, 2010

New song: Khago feat. Shaggy and Red Foxx – Cheap and Clean (on Jah Snowcone’s Ital Stew Riddim)

New song: Khago featuring Shaggy and Red Foxx – Cheap and Clean!
Khago, Shaggy and Red Foxx recorded a hot new song on Jah Snowcone’s Ital Stew Riddim! The tune is called Cheap and Clean and you can listen to it below!

Khago ft. Shaggy and Red Foxx – Cheap and Clean

The Ital Stew Riddim also features other hot tracks, such as Rayvon ft. CL Kash – You Look Good, Spragga Benz – Money She Seh, Mr Vegas – Boy Shorts, Tifa – Sticky Sticky, Mia Stoosh – He Don’t Want You and Savage – Mi Nah.

June 17, 2010

New tour dates: Jordan and Reggae Sumfest Jamaica!

Shaggy’s official MySpace confirms the following two new tour dates:

Amman, Jordan (July 9)
Shaggy & Myriam Fares will be live in concert at the Amman Exhibition Park in Amman, Jordan on July 9! Tickets are available at e-viola.com.

Reggae Sumfest, Jamaica (July 24)
Shaggy will perform at the Reggae Sumfest at Cornwall Beach, Jamaica on July 24! Other artists to perform at this famous Jamaican festival are among others Chris Brown, Beenie Man, Tarrus Riley, Queen Ifrica, Jah Cure, Elephant Man, I-Octane, Konshens, Stacious, Chino, Tessanne Chin, Gramps Morgan and Tifa. More info and tickets.

Shaggy’s full tour schedule

May 23, 2010

Shaggy to Reggae Sumfest, Bob Sinclar & Shaggy Winter Music Conference videos

Shaggy to Reggae Sumfest
Shaggy will perform at Reggae Sumfest in Jamaica, one of the famous Jamaican reggae festivals, which is held in July 18-24! Other artists to perform at Sumfest include Chris Brown, Beenie Man, Tarrus Riley, Queen Ifrica, Jah Cure, Elephant Man, I-Octane, Konshens, Stacious, Chino, Tessanne Chin, Gramps Morgan and Tifa.

More info and ticket information at the official Sumfest site and the Jamaica Observer.

Bob Sinclar & Shaggy at the Winter Music Conference in Miami Beach
Bob Sinclar performed at the Winter Music Conference in Miami Beach and Shaggy joined him on stage! Shaggy will be back for a performance at Mansion in Miami Beach on June 16. Check out the videos below!

Bob Sinclar and Shaggy at Mansion, Miami
Bob Sinclar, Shaggy, Axwell and Ron Carroll performed at the Mansion in Miami Beach during the WMC. Here’s a video!

Shaggy & Bob Sinclar at The Mansion in Miami ft. I Wanna

Shaggy & Bob Sinclar at Set Club, Miami Beach
Shaggy and Bob Sinclar performed at the Set Club in Miami Beach for the Winter Music Conference, promoting their new hot single I Wanna. Check the video of their performance below! Yeah, that’s how to party!

Shaggy & Bob Sinclar at Set Club WMC Miami Beach ft. I Wanna

Shaggy’s full tour schedule

January 18, 2010

New songs for Haiti, Coke Zero concert with Tessanne Chin and Sean Kingston, win tickets to Raggamuffin Festival OZ and NZ

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!

Shaggy speaks for the Haiti relief fund

January 13, 2010

New song: Bob Sinclar & Shaggy – I Wanna.., Youth View Awards 2010, Ragga Muffins Festival, Usain Bolt and Shaggy to Hollywood and Shaggy & Friends

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.

All of Shaggy’s tour dates

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.

More Shaggy & Friends videos, reviews and photos
The Back a Yard Magazine has photos and a review of the Shaggy & Friends benefit concert on January 2 in Kingston, Jamaica! You can read more about the concert in the Jamaica Gleaner as well: “Shaggy and friends deliver spectacular concert” and “Thank you, Shaggy“! You can also watch a video review at Caribbean Beats tv Season 6 Episode 1.

More Shaggy & Friends 2010 concert photos, videos and reviews!

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!

Shaggy Bonafide Girl live in Jamaican House

More Shaggy & Friends 2010 concert photos, videos and reviews!

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