Big Quote by Shaggy

When you see a Jamaica video, it's always the hood. Everybody in the video's got guns, and the world looks at it like that's…

— Shaggy

Recording in Jamaica is like nothing else. The studios are always closed in America. But in Jamaica, the studio doors are wide open, and…

— Michael Franti

Jamaica is so musical, diverse and so extreme, from people singing in the streets to dancing.

— Kreesha Turner

Jamaican music can be aggressive, soulful, smooth and exciting all at once - just like hip-hop. At the same time, there's nothing like Jamaica…

— Nas

Gays and lesbians should have the same rights as anybody else, and when they're in Jamaica, they do have the same rights.

— Shaggy

My thing is to get people out of the stigma of what a reggae artist should be like.

— Shaggy

In Jamaica, them always have throwback riddims, recycled old beats, and the hardcore reggae scene is always present. You have faster stuff like the…

— Damian Marley

Everything that I see around me in Jamaica comes out in my music.

— Koffee

I think the record industry, by and large what's left of it, is still totally homophobic. I think it's much less so in the…

— Lesley Gore

If ever we needed in this country to adopt a new attitude towards homosexuality, this is the time. Instead of treating it as a…

— Tommy Douglas

A lot of true Jamaican artists don't understand the importance of radio so tend not to tap into that as a result.

— Shaggy

Everybody just lets the media do their thinking for them... that's why you'll never hear any reggae on the radio!

— Daniel Clowes