Born with albinism in 1956, dancehall music legend King Yellowman was rejected from birth. As a baby, he was found in a supermarket’s trash heap in Kingston, Jamaica. Miraculously surviving and raised ...
December 16, 2001, was my thirtieth birthday. That night saw my first attempt to visit Winstons in Ocean Beach. The bouncer didn’t let me in, possibly because I may have already been drunk due to some ...
In the world of reggae and dancehall, Yellowman is one of its most legendary acts. With a career that spans over 50 years and dating back to the mid-'70s, the Grammy nominee is a very well-respected ...
The hottest thing in reggae these days is dance-hall style rapping — something Yellowman has been doing for 35 albums now. “It’s coming on,” Yellowman, dubbed the king of all reggae DJs, says over the ...
Music legend Bob Marley offered some telling advice to his friend Winston Foster: "Just do the message." "That's what I do," said reggae artist Foster, best known in the music industry as King ...
NEW HAVEN -- Yellowman, the striking, albino, constantly-touring king of reggae dancehall music, returns to Toad's Place with his Sagittarius Band Tuesday to bring ...
Yellowman was king of the island in the early to mid-’80s, and made his way into the music in the U.S. On Run-DMC’s 1985 album, “King of Rock,” they teamed with Yellowman in his song “Roots, Rap, ...
King Yellowman and a host of other reggae artists will be entertaining dancehall fans at the Veterans in Action Concert tomorrow night. The concert will take place at the Number 1 Shed in Hamilton, ...
A son of late reggae legend Bob Marley will head the lineup of the 8th annual Reggae in the Desert this summer. Ky-Mani Marley, the second youngest of Marley’s 11 children, will be on the bill with ...
The old Haunt on West Green Street brought in dozens of great reggae bands during the 1980s and 1990s. One of the more memorable shows featured King Yellowman, the albino dancehall favorite known for ...