Chronixx Joins Roc Nation Roster With Feature On Protest Album: ‘Reprise’

Reggae craftsman Chronixx is ringing in his birthday weekend with a prestigious appearance on the Roc Nation roster.

Born Jamar McNaughton on October 10th, Chronixx is the genre’s sole representative on the US label’s specially curated suite of songs, Reprise. The protest album was inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement as well as mounting instances of injustice the world over. Released with the goal of bringing awareness to social justice issues, proceeds will go to a selection of organizations working for criminal justice reform such as Until Freedom, Grassroots Law Project and NACDL Foundation for Criminal Justice. 

The latter’s website includes the artful summary — “Music has always provided the soundtrack to the revolution. REPRISE, a musical protest, will bring awareness to social injustice and was created to express views on racism and protest.” Chronixx joins the ensemble of acclaimed, Grammy-winning/ nominated and multi-platinum selling singers such as Jorja Smith, King Mel, Vic Mensa and Ty Dolla $ign, with poignant political commentary on Another Youth. 

Lashing out at global social biases, Chronixx sings, “Come see what the system did/ Out here weh di youth dem live/ So many graves I’ve seen them dig/ Another youth gone six foot six/ Another youth, Another youth.” With his skillful knack for conscious content, he weaves between local (Blame orange, we blame green/ Still we live inna the same scheme) and global scenes (War is a big investment/ But is really in di youth dem best interest) showing us a world in which all is not well. 

Speaking on his contribution to the record on Yahoo’s Unmuted virtual panel, Chronixx said, “The more we empower ourselves and the more we strengthen that bridge which is our music and our musical talents, our ability to spit, flow, play our instruments — that’s the bridge. Develop a concept of who you are cause that will always help you to be bigger than an entertainer, bigger than a performer and into like a true artist. This is one of the projects that is consciously geared towards creating that balance and fixing certain issues so big up to Roc Nation.”