Jamaican-born, Connecticut-based dancehall artist and Vybz Kartel hype man MC Nuffy has signed New Jersey Reggae Ambassador Ras Emmanuel to an exclusive booking contract.<\/p>\n
In a Caribbean Life<\/strong> interview, Nuffy praised Emmanuel\u2019s talent and energy, calling him a \u201creal youth\u201d and highlighting their mutual Virgo connection.<\/p>\n \u201cI respect him to the next level,\u201d he said. \u201cI will be handling his bookings, so link me on IG @officialmcnuff.\u201d<\/p>\n This move marks a continuation of MC Nuffy\u2019s work behind the scenes in the dancehall industry.<\/p>\n \u201cRas Emmanuel is not the first person I am doing bookings for, so nothing nuh change inna Nuffy game,\u201d Nuffy added.<\/p>\n The collaboration between Nuffy and Emmanuel began last summer and gained momentum when Nuffy played Emmanuel\u2019s powerful track \u201cDancehall Forever\u201d during Vybz Kartel\u2019s Freedom Street concert at the National Stadium in Kingston, the Jamaican capital, on New Year’s Eve.<\/p>\n Nuffy said the song resonated deeply with the crowd, delivering a message that echoed Kartel\u2019s impact on the genre.<\/p>\n \u201cRas Emmanuel sent me the song, and it was swinging in the direction where he was saying dancehall can’t die,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I said, you know that song is for Kartel because when he comes back a road, we a go make this thing a staple.<\/p>\n \u201cThe dubplate mashed up the place,\u201d Nuffy added. \u201cIt was not normal inside the stadium\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n MC Nuffy said he continues to tour globally as the official MC for Vybz Kartel, with post-incarceration performances that have not only reaffirmed Kartel\u2019s status as a dancehall icon but also expanded his global reach.<\/p>\n Nuffy said Kartel has sold out concerts in New York, Atlanta, Miami, Guyana, Trinidad, Bahamas, Tortola and Barbados, and will soon head to Europe with stops in Amsterdam, Paris, Germany and a highly-anticipated performance at the O2 Arena in London.<\/p>\n \u201cThe tour with Kartel is going fine. Everything a gwarn good,\u201d Nuffy said. \u201cWe just a keep up and stay up to make the thing continue. A just the love of the Lord a do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jamaican-born, Connecticut-based dancehall artist and Vybz Kartel hype man MC Nuffy has signed New Jersey Reggae Ambassador Ras Emmanuel to an exclusive booking contract. In a Caribbean Life interview, Nuffy praised Emmanuel\u2019s talent and energy, calling him a \u201creal youth\u201d and highlighting their mutual Virgo connection. \u201cI respect him to the next level,\u201d he said. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5768","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"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}