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REGGAEXCLUSIVE NEW VOICES IN REGGAE itself. Her voice will make u take a moment to listen. She commands attention. With musical influence from reggae to rock, Jeneva loves to write her own songs and enjoys performing covers. Her goals are connecting with her audience emotionally through music, and aims to always please the crowd. Jeneva is also a budding musician, honing her skillz on the guitar. JENEVA Jsinging eneva’s distinct sound and style is unique unto She has opened for Bounty killer and Everton Blender and has performed with Majestic Warriors at Jambana and the Toronto Eglinton Street Festival. She also performed with Willo Wizard on RastaFest as his back-up singer, with Junior Whisper on Jamaica Day as his back-up singer to open for The Manhattans. Jeneva also co-wrote and sang with Oso on 2 songs namely “Lovers n Friends”, and “Waterfalls” on The B.T.R.O Take 2 album. Currently, Jeneva has been doing shows around town like ‘Rum n Reggae’ promoted by Leighann (Soul over Swag) and now working on new material to be released soon. Jubilee Hospital. He was brought up in St. Elizabeth until the age of seven then he went to live with his Grandmother in Hanover. That’s when he started going to church with his grandparents, three days in the afternoon during the week and full days on Sundays. That’s when he started singing a lot of church music in choirs. continued her studies in Psychology, then on to Connecticut to accept a job at The United Way CT / State Childcare Subsidy. In 2006 she got involved with The Cultural Dance Troupe of the West Indies, Hartford, CT. In 2009 she performed at Bushnell Theater, where she took part in dance drama, as well as vocalist for African drum percussions. With decisions to pursue her singing career Dahomey started as a lead singer in the Fresh Reggae Band. EMPRESS DAHOMEY E mpress Dahomey is a loving, outgoing woman of virtue and a humanitarian with a passion for music. She was born on the beautiful island of Jamaica and grew up in a home where music was essential. She arrived in White Plains, NY at the age of twelve. After graduating High School, she pursued a degree in Liberal Arts and Social Science. She then transferred to Axia University of Phoenix where she While experiencing some disappointing loss she reinvented herself by starting her own promotional company and production label “Empress D. Production” and staged her own reggae show called “Roots Rock Reggae Explosion.” Her career has been taking off since and she is currently working on her soon to be released album “Empowered”. Dahomey has shared the stage with artistes such as Yellow Man, Melodians, and Cocoa Tea to name a few. She is a producer, promoter, consultant, manager, and entrepreneur. Her perseverance, motivation and drive help her to overcome many challenges. RISING STAR JAGS D amion Robinson aka Jags was born in Kingston Jamaica at Most of the time, his grandmother would write songs and his grandfather would play the banjo, all the church kids would sing and others would hum the sweet melody and that went on for about six years, then his father took him to Canada. Jags started to go to school and that was when he met a lot of different people that sang many different types of music that he could relate to, so he started mixing Reggae and Hip Hop music together. Jags’ main style of music is Roots Rock Reggae, his biggest inspiration in music is his grandparents; they taught him the basis of music. Jags is very skilled at what he does and that is music, he loves music, he eats, sleep and drink music. Jags would like to thank God for his gift and says that Music is the gate way to a better life. Look out for music coming from Jags. reggaeXclusive -- Web Site: www.reggaexclu