The New York-based Turner said that \u201clyrics from the song, which declares, ‘Dancehall come fi live, never can die’, blasted from the speakers for 30,000 plus dancehall fans inside the National Stadium and thousands watching the live stream around the globe, as the sharply dressed Kartel, donning a three-piece pinstripe suit emerged from under the stage for his first performance in 13 years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ras Emmanuel also told Caribbean Life<\/strong>: \u201cNever in the history of dancehall was a dubplate used to introduce an artist of the caliber of Vybz Kartel.<\/p>\n \u201cNew Year’s Eve 2025 was nothing short of legendary for me,\u201d he said. \u201cI am humbled.\u201d<\/p>\n Nuffy.<\/span>Photo by Ras Emmanuel<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n Emmanuel thanked Nuffy for making the moment happen.<\/p>\n \u201cI have to big up Nuffy who made this life changing moment possible,\u201d he said. \u201cA one MC me sey, Nuffy, the king of all MCs.\u201d<\/p>\n Emmanuel also heaped praises on Paul Andrew Abrams, also known as \u201cDrewgad\u201d, from Imark Studio in New Jersey, for producing the dubplate.<\/p>\n \u201cPaul is a musical genius who has produced tracks for Nigy Boy, Skillebeng, Nesta from Guyana and other big superstars,\u201d he said. \u201cHe did a great job with \u2018Dancehall Forever\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n Nuffy told Caribbean Life<\/strong>: \u201cI wanna tell you, the dubplate mash up the place.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen the song was played, it was not normal inside the stadium,\u201d he said. \u201cRas Emmanuel, big up yourself because this song has places to go.\u201d<\/p>\n Nuffy said it was his idea to use \u201cDancehall Forever\u201d to introduce Kartel.<\/p>\n \u201cI called Ras Emmanuel and said, ‘do the dubplate and send it to me because what yuh singing about is about Vybz Kartel,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cKartel is the man for dancehall at this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n In sharing his goals for 2025, Ras Emmanuel said: \u201cI plan to keep pushing this Dancehall Forever, because it keeps opening new doors for me.<\/p>\n \u201cMy goal is to perform at Reggae Sumfest,\u201d he added. \u201cI also plan to visit Africa later this year.\u201d<\/p>\n Among dancehall stars who performed at Freedom Street were Spice, Bounty Killer, Popcaan, Tommy Lee Sparta, Chronic Law, Shawn Storm, Jah Vinci, Sheba, Gaza Indu, Lisa Hyper, Skeng, Likkle Addi and Likkle Vybz, Busta Rhymes and Shatta Wale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jamaican-born, New Jersey-based dancehall recorders Ras Emmanuel and Lushy Banton are counting their lucky stars as a dubplate of their single \u201cDancehall Forever\u201d was used to introduce Vybz Kartel at his historic Freedom Street Concert on New Year\u2019s Eve at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. Jamaican-born entertainment publicist Anthony Turner told Caribbean Life on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Nuffy.\"](\"https:\/\/www.caribbeanlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ras-emmanuel-dancehall-forever-vybz-kartel-2-25-02-09-nk-cl02a.jpg?w=352\" "\\"\\"")