{"id":278111,"date":"2025-12-09T11:15:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/?p=278111"},"modified":"2025-12-09T11:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:16:09","slug":"nice-up-jamaica-hurricane-relief-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/nice-up-jamaica-hurricane-relief-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellowman, Johnny Osbourne & Dancehall Legends to Perform at ‘Nice Up Jamaica’ Benefit at Brooklyn Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pure dancehall royalty will grace the stage of Brooklyn Bowl December 16 for Nice Up Jamaica<\/em>, a benefit concert helping with hurricane relief in Jamaica. With Jamaican legends Yellowman, Johnny Osbourne and Yaadcore on the bill this night will go down in history as one to remember. Proceeds to support groups offering vital assistance in the aftermath of\u2002Hurricane Melissa which battered the island in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a press release from LargeUp Agency, DJs Max Glazer<\/strong>, Ayanna Heaven<\/strong>, JonnyGo Figure<\/strong>, African Violet Roots<\/strong>, Barry Cole<\/strong> and LargeUp’s own DJ Gravy<\/strong> will set the tone for the evening with musical selections; Nick Seale<\/strong> of New York’s Power 105.1 will serve as the evening’s MC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets can be purchased HERE<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Direct from Jamaica, the original king of dancehall, Yellowman, <\/strong>returns to Brooklyn for the special headlining set backed by his long-time backing group, the Sagittarius Band<\/strong>. Also slated to perform are dancehall godfather Johnny Osbourne<\/strong>; JA-to-BK legends Screechy Dan <\/strong>and Red Fox<\/strong>; and Jamaica’s own Yaadcore & Di Yaad Man Dem<\/strong>. The duo of saxophonist Anant Pradhan <\/strong>and Jamaican percussion great Larry McDonald<\/strong> will back Johnny Osbourne, also performing a set of their own.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proceeds and donations from the event will benefit the American Friends of Jamaica<\/u><\/a>, Rebuild Cockpit Country<\/u><\/a>, World Central Kitchen<\/u><\/a>, and Ghetto Youths Foundation<\/u><\/a> in their relief efforts following Hurricane Melissa, which claimed lives, homes and businesses across much of Jamaica in October, devastating the nation’s economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an effort to give back to the country whose music and people have inspired the world\u2014and our respective missions\u2014LargeUp<\/strong> and Brooklyn Bowl<\/strong> were inspired to join forces and curate a night of music featuring iconic reggae\/dancehall voices from Jamaica and New York’s Jamaican community. With the event falling just days before Christmas, Yellowman\u2014who donned a Santa cap on the cover of 1998’s A Very, Very Yellow Christmas<\/em>, cementing his status as dancehall’s own Father Christmas\u2014emerged as a natural choice to headline, on account of his inspiring story of perseverance through poverty and cancer, and track record of charitable service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“LargeUp is a unique platform celebrating Caribbean culture, with an intention to enhance people’s lives with a positive frequency,” said Dave (DJ Gravy) Susser<\/strong>, LargeUp co-founder. “With the island of Jamaica that we all love so dearly in desperate need, all of us who are inspired by it should do what we can to help.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about the event today on Billboard.com: https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/concerts\/yellowman-johnny-osbourne-jamaica-hurricane-benefit-concert-1236129629\/<\/u><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you love Jamaica and reggae\/dancehall<\/a>, this will be a night you won’t want to miss. Donations of bedding, tarps and clothing are encouraged \u2014 come help us fill the barrel!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Yellowman<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Born Winston Foster in 1956, Yellowman<\/strong> is the artist responsible for introducing Jamaican dancehall music to an international audience. Coming to fame in the early 1980s with a prolific run of releases that included 1982’s Mister Yellowman<\/em> album and signature hits “Zungguzungguguzungguzeng” and “Mad Over Me,” Yellowman almost single-handedly created the coarse, sometimes crude and fearlessly direct sound of today’s dancehall music. In 1984, Yellowman signed to Columbia Records, becoming the first Jamaican toaster to release an album with a U.S. major label. That same year he appeared on “Roots, Rap, Reggae” from Run-DMC’s King of Rock<\/em>, marking the first collaboration between a Jamaican dancehall artist and a U.S.-based rap act. A cancer survivor who has overcome countless obstacles, from poverty and homelessness to bullying due to his albinism to an invasive jaw surgery to remove a malignant tumor that permanently disfigured his face and sidelined his career at the height of his fame, Yellowman is set to celebrate his seventieth birthday in January 2026 in perfect health. He continues to tour year round, delivering high-energy and physically strenuous performances backed by the Sagittarius Band.
Watch “The Yellowman Workout Plan” on LargeUp TV: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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