PRESS
BORN AND RAISED ON THE WEST COAST AND HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY HIS POLYNESIAN UPBRINGING, J BOOG IS ONE OF THE TOP REGGAE ARTISTS IN RECENT YEARS. MENTORED BY ISLAND REGGAE ICON FIJI, HE HONED HIS CRAFT EARLY ON, BLENDING REGGAE WITH SOULFUL MELODIES AND A DISTINCTIVE VOCAL STYLE. A CHANCE ENCOUNTER WITH YAMI BOLO AND GRAMPS MORGAN LED HIM TO JAMAICA, WHERE HE WORKED IN THE HISTORICAL STUDIOS OF BOB MARLEY, DON CORLEON, BOBBY DIGITAL, SHAGGY, AND SUGAR MINOTT—AN EXPERIENCE THAT DEEPENED HIS CONNECTION TO REGGAE’S RICH HISTORY AND THE ISLANDS’ CULTURE.
INFLUENCE
HIS DEBUT ALBUM HEAR ME ROAR DROPPED IN 2007, FOLLOWED BY BACKYARD BOOGIE FEATURING HITS LIKE LET'S DO IT AGAIN PRODUCED BY DON CORLEON AND SUNSHINE GIRL PRODUCED BY GRAMPS MORGAN AND FEATURING THE LATE PEETAH MORGAN. DURING THE 2020 PANDEMIC, LET'S DO IT AGAIN WENT VIRAL ON TIKTOK, BOOSTING ITS POPULARITY TO OVER 85M YOUTUBE VIEWS AND 75K VIDEOS FEATURING DANCE TRENDS LED BY CELEBRITIES LIKE JASON DERULO, NOAH SCHNAPP, AND CHARLI D’AMELIO. HIS 2016 ALBUM WASH HOUSE TING, FEATURING MORGAN HERITAGE AND BUJU BANTON, TOPPED BILLBOARD’S REGGAE CHART AND WAS NOMINATED FOR BEST REGGAE ALBUM AT THE 2018 GRAMMYS, WHILE HIS EP ROSE PETALS RECEIVED A 2017 NOMINATION ALONG WITH RECOGNITION FOR TOPPING THE US BILLBOARD AND ITUNES REGGAE CHARTS.
EARLY CAREER
GLOBAL REACH
J BOOG’S REPERTOIRE BOASTS TRACKS WITH SOJA, IRATION, TARRUS RILEY, THE GREEN,FIJI, CHAKA DEMUS, RICHIE SPICE AND MORE. MORE RECENTLY, J BOOG’S COLLABORATIONS HAVE KEPT HIM AT THE FOREFRONT OF REGGAE AND ISLAND MUSIC AS HE CONTINUES PUSHING THE SOUND FORWARD. IN 2021, HE RELEASED SIVA MAI FT. SIAOSI, AND HOSTED A DANCE COMPETITION FOR THE TRACK THAT RECEIVED ENTRIES FROM DANCE CREWS ALL OVER THE WORLD. HIS 2024 RELEASES, INCLUDING TOO HOT WITH SAVAGE AND FIRE UP DI ROSES WITH THE GREEN, DEMONSTRATE HIS ONGOING INFLUENCE AND INNOVATION IN THE GENRE.
HE HAS TOURED WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING EUROPE, AFRICA, DUBAI, NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN AND ACROSS THE US. HE HAS PERFORMED AND HEADLINED FESTIVALS LIKE CALI ROOTS, ONE LOVE NZ, ONE LOVE CALI, GOOD LOVE, REGGAE RISE UP, ARIZONA ROOTS, DRY DIGGINGS, HOLO HOLO MUSIC FESTIVAL AND THE MAYJAH RAYJAH TO NAME A FEW.
WITH A CAREER SPANNING OVER A DECADE, J BOOG’S TIMELESS APPEAL AND CROSS-GENERATIONAL INFLUENCE CONTINUE TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF REGGAE. WHETHER HEADLINING MASSIVE FESTIVALS OR COLLABORATING WITH THE NEXT WAVE OF REGGAE TALENT, J BOOG REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ARTISTS OF HIS GENERATION.
