A great reggae producer is a master of disguise: able to make listeners unaware that the 10 tunes they've just heard share a single beat. That's because the building block of dancehall and ...

It’s not every day you come across a Samoan gent from Compton who was born in Long Beach and later moved to Hawaii. Insert J Boog. When you think of reggae, you might shoot straight to artists like ...

“I had no idea I was going to get into music,” says reggae/soul singer J Boog. “I thought I was going to work at the oil refinery my whole life, drinking every damn weekend, living check to check, ...

With his sleeve tattoos, backward baseball cap and penchant for oversized T-shirts, J Boog more resembles a member of Action Bronson's crew than a rising star of reggae. There's a strange kind of ...

HAWAII-BASED singer J Boog gets his second number one on the Billboard Reggae Album Chart with Wash House Ting. The set was released by Wash House Music Group on November 18. California-born J Boog’s ...

Not since Matisyahu has an American created a buzz in reggae music. J Boog (Jerry Afemata) brings an authentic Jamaican reggae sound to his music. I caught up with Boog, whose Feb. 5 show at Sound ...

Reggae artist and songwriter J Boog’s concert originally scheduled for March 6 has been moved to June 5 due to the weather forecast for this week, according to the organizers of the Hafaloha Concert ...

Long Beach, California-born, Compton-raised reggae singer J Boog has announced a Feb. 16 show at the Knitting Factory as part of his “Rose Petals” winter tour. J Boog burst onto the scene in 2007 with ...

Reggae singer J Boog has just announced an Orlando show for early next year. He’s been booked for a date at the Social on Jan. 26, 2017. J Boog, an American of Samoan descent, is at the forefront of a ...

Let’s Do it Again, a song by Hawaiian reggae singer J Boog, has been certified silver in the United Kingdom by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales and streaming exceeding 200,000 units.

Born and raised on the West Coast and influenced heavily by his Polynesian upbringing, J Boog is undoubtedly one of the top reggae singers in recent years. Mentored by island reggae icon Fiji, he fine ...

The next time you want to see a solid show without a mosh-pit pileup, hipster drama, or ear-piercing vocals — check out J Boog. The crowd that showed up for the Hawaii-based reggae artist’s Fort ...