Jamaican-born, New Jersey-based dancehall recorder Ras Emmanuel.
Picture by Anthony “ER Guru” Turner
Jamaican-born, New Jersey-based dancehall recorders Ras Emmanuel and Lushy Banton are counting their fortunate stars as a dubplate of their single “Dancehall Perpetually” was used to introduce Vybz Kartel at his historic Freedom Road Live performance on New 12 months’s Eve on the Nationwide Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica.
Jamaican-born leisure publicist Anthony Turner informed Caribbean Life on Monday that the only is “a nod to the style that helped form Emmanuel’s private {and professional} life.”
The New York-based Turner stated that “lyrics from the tune, which declares, ‘Dancehall come fi dwell, by no means can die’, blasted from the audio system for 30,000 plus dancehall followers contained in the Nationwide Stadium and hundreds watching the dwell stream across the globe, because the sharply dressed Kartel, donning a three-piece pinstripe go well with emerged from beneath the stage for his first efficiency in 13 years.”
Ras Emmanuel additionally informed Caribbean Life: “By no means within the historical past of dancehall was a dubplate used to introduce an artist of the caliber of Vybz Kartel.
“New 12 months’s Eve 2025 was nothing wanting legendary for me,” he stated. “I’m humbled.”
Emmanuel thanked Nuffy for making the second occur.
“I’ve to large up Nuffy who made this life altering second doable,” he stated. “A one MC me sey, Nuffy, the king of all MCs.”
Emmanuel additionally heaped praises on Paul Andrew Abrams, also called “Drewgad”, from Imark Studio in New Jersey, for producing the dubplate.
“Paul is a musical genius who has produced tracks for Nigy Boy, Skillebeng, Nesta from Guyana and different large superstars,” he stated. “He did an incredible job with ‘Dancehall Perpetually’”.
Nuffy informed Caribbean Life: “I wanna let you know, the dubplate mash up the place.
“When the tune was performed, it was not regular contained in the stadium,” he stated. “Ras Emmanuel, large up your self as a result of this tune has locations to go.”
Nuffy stated it was his thought to make use of “Dancehall Perpetually” to introduce Kartel.
“I referred to as Ras Emmanuel and stated, ‘do the dubplate and ship it to me as a result of what yuh singing about is about Vybz Kartel,’” he stated. “Kartel is the person for dancehall at this second.”
In sharing his objectives for 2025, Ras Emmanuel stated: “I plan to maintain pushing this Dancehall Perpetually, as a result of it retains opening new doorways for me.
“My purpose is to carry out at Reggae Sumfest,” he added. “I additionally plan to go to Africa later this yr.”
Amongst dancehall stars who carried out at Freedom Road had been Spice, Bounty Killer, Popcaan, Tommy Lee Sparta, Continual Regulation, Shawn Storm, Jah Vinci, Sheba, Gaza Indu, Lisa Hyper, Skeng, Likkle Addi and Likkle Vybz, Busta Rhymes and Shatta Wale.
