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Spice Delights In Dancehall Dominance, Misses Touring

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Dancehall diva Spice has reaffirmed that not only is she is a self-made woman, but that she remains, unstoppable.

On Thursday, the Romantic Mood artiste made two Twitter posts in which she showed clips of her raunchy Right There video, which was shot 19 years ago when she was a mere 18-year-old.  As she looked back on her struggles, the Billboard artiste compared it to how far she has risen.

https://twitter.com/spiceofficial/status/1281248435685990401

“A lot of people think #Fightovaman was my very first song.  But here’s my very first hit and first music video ever, 2001.   Video quality poor but this was 19 years ago when I was hungry AF and now y’all want to hate me for my glow up.  You betta put some respect on my name,” she wrote.

Almost all her fans said they knew the song and used to sing along as children, many to the chagrin of their adult family members, but also an indication that they were loyal to the Queen of the Dancehall.

“Gal a did my song dis enuh.  U wah, hear mi inna grade 3 like a anthem to hell,” one follower said, while another said: “Hey me min love this song nf……. I can remember my little ass wining to this song in my back yard with my siblings and cousins!!!!”

Another follower said he used to hide and sing the song while shaneyfullwood revealed: “Mi get beating fi sing this eno.”

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Spice burst on the dancehall scene in 2001 after working closely with fellow artiste, Baby Cham, and Dave Kelly, on the Mad House label and releasing the hit Right There.  The Spanish Town native who turns 38 on August 6, Jamaica’s Independence Day, has always spoken of how poor she was growing up as a child in St. Catherine, so it came as no surprise that she made mention of it again in another tweet shortly afterward.

In her post, the Rampin Shop artiste also appeared to take a shot at VP Records, the label with which she had signed a five-album deal in 2009, and later complained that they had failed to fulfill their obligation, even a decade later, resulting in her distributing her music through her label, Spice Official Entertainment.

“The black woman who overcame poverty.   I HAVE NO MANAGER OR RECORD LABEL BEHIND ME.   Did this single handedly and proud.   Big up #TeamSpice #Spicegang.   Love you forever,” she noted.

Spice had told The Star tabloid in 2018 that the VP contract was the worst decision she had ever made in her life, and that she was taking them to court, in order to get out of the contract with them for dereliction of duty.   She had said VP had done nothing for her, except to waste her time.

A few days later VP had put out a press statement saying, among other things, that it was hard at work “finalizing the album and all the necessary clearances” and charged that the label and Spice have had great success with her single So Mi Like It, and numerous hits including Conjugal Visit with Vybz Kartel.

Spice had warned upcoming artistes last year to be independent and not be in a rush to sign contracts with labels unless it is a “major company like Atlantic Records or someone who has it financially to facilitate your music more than you.”   She also implored artistes to ensure they seek legal advice from multiple attorneys as some lawyers were only interested in legal fees and were not looking out for the interest of the artistes.

In the meantime, Spice has also highlighted how much she missed touring, which has been dampened since the advent f the COVID 19 virus.

“Just saw this and realize what my summer used to be like and got stressed TF out.  Hurry up and gwan nuh dutty 2020 weh mi do u inna life make u hate mi so,” she noted on a post on her IG page, which showed her 2019 bookings.

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Last summer the mother of two swept across far-flung places in Europe during her Summer Euro Tour in a series of performance, spanning the Uppsala Reggae Festival in Sweden, Roterdam Reggae Festival in the Netherlands, Bomboclat Festival in Belgium, Nottinghill Carnival in the UK and other shows in North America and the Caribbean, and of course Reggae Sumfest in Montego Bay.