Spice

Spice, whose real name is Grace Layota Hamilton,  has
been making music since 2000, giving her ample time to collect a
dedicated fanbase and to have a number of collaborations, acts with other artists, and work with several labels. Her debut song was the controversial “Romping Shop,” which she did alongside Vybz Kartel in 2009.

Her very first debut was in 2000, at the annual Sting festival. This was her first major performance, and from there she earned a reputation for her
ability to perform, even if she didn’t quite have a hit record to show for it.

Spice began to tour around the world, and while she was in the UK, she managed to collaborate with Dave Kelly. This began a series of collaborations that hasn’t stopped to this day.

“Romping Shop” spent 15 weeks on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart, peaking in 76th . However, due to the lyrical nature of the song, it
was banned by the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation. This didn’t stop the song from achieving fame elsewhere in the world though, ending up at number 9 on the 50 Best Dancehall Songs of All Time by Pitchfork, as well as Billboard’s “12 Best Dancehall & Reggaeton Choruses of the 21 st Century.”

Spice Says Her Sumfest Fee Should Be Doubled

Reggae Sumfest is back and the Grammy-nominated Queen of Dancehall Spice says the organizers DownSound Entertainment (DSE) ought to double her performance fee, which was agreed upon for the 2020…

Spice Happy That She Never “Watered Down” Her Dancehall Music Or Image

Queen of the Dancehall Spice says she is happy that she chose to maintain the integrity of the Dancehall music genre, by keeping her songs and image authentic, and not…

Charlamagne Tha God Says Spice Should Have Won The Reggae Grammy

If you ask The Breakfast Club host Charlamagne tha God, he'd tell you that Spice should have won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album last Sunday. Charlamagne and his…

Music Exec Nolan Baynes Says Get Better At Working Grammy Awards System Or Build Your Own

Music executive Nolan Baynes says the Grammy Awards are not necessarily curated for Reggae and Dancehall music and insists that Jamaican music professionals either band together to support local entertainment…

Chronixx, Etana, Gramps Morgan Support SOJA’s Reggae Grammy Win

Reggae stars Chronixx, Etana, and Gramps Morgan have declared their support and offered their congratulations to Virginia-based Reggae band SOJA on their 2022 Grammy win for the Best Reggae Album.…

I Am Glad SOJA Won!

It is perhaps portentous that the same week that the reggae industry tragically lost two founding members of The Mighty Diamonds, a predominantly white Reggae band won the Reggae Grammy.…

Grammy Awards 2022: Spice, Sean Paul, Jesse Royal, Gramps Morgan Hit The Red Carpet

It might have been a disappointing evening for some of the Grammy’s Best Reggae Album nominees after Virginia-based Reggae band SOJA copped the category's golden gramophone but we’re still reeling…

Why SOJA Won The Reggae Grammy Against Five Jamaicans

There has been a flurry of accusations aimed at the Recording Academy—including those of bias and race-based favoritism—after American band SOJA (Soldiers of Jah Army) upstaged Jamaican artists Spice, Jesse…