Beenie Man
His debut album, The Invincible Beenie Man: The Ten Year Old DJ Wonder was produced by Bunny Lee and released in 1983, his first hit single followed the same year with the Winston Holness-produced "Over the Sea." He found his artistic home at the Shocking Vibes studio where he continued to record singles with only moderate success in the early 1990s. Beenie Man had his first number one single in Jamaica in 1993 with "Matie," and he won the DJ of the Year Award the same year, the first of eight consecutive awards. In 2002, he had a sizeable hit with a duet with Janet Jackson called "Feel It Boy" but his biggest break in America came in early 2004 with the release of a remix of "Dude" featuring guest vocals by fellow Jamaican Ms. Thing, as well as rhymes by Shawnna. He thus cemented his fan base on both sides of the Atlantic. "King of the Dancehall" was also a huge hit for "The Doctor."

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Get ready to be swept away by the sounds and food of the Caribbean. Downtown Miami will be filled with a sweet cool breeze from the West Indies and the aroma of Caribbean delicacies and reggae music. The Reggae World Unity Festival offers up a jam-packed line up of stars, a day of peace, love and unity and good old sound system vibes of when dance was nice. This all takes place on January 20 at Grand Central Park in Miami, Florida starting from 2 p.m. – 11 p.m.
The festival will feature music headliners, Beenie Man, Kymani Marley, Baby Cham, Half Pint, Mr. Vegas, Lady Saw, Elephant Man, Christopher Martin, Honorebel, Tifa as well as some of reggae music's most promising up-and-coming talent. This festival will feature a full day of family-oriented activities, great reggae music, authentic Jamaican cuisine, cultural arts and craft and info about Jamaican history and the progress of the music.
Reggae music is the indigenous music of the island paradise Jamaica. A music born out of the genre blending of R&B, country and western, and African rhythms incorporating its own unique Caribbean flavor. The reggae genre umbrellas ska, rock steady and dancehall, some of which are highly spiritual while others are simply fun.
In addition, no festival is complete without another thing that Jamaica is famous for, its mouth watering jerk. Come sample some of the most popular and tasty Jamaican recipes. Jerk pork, jerk chicken, jerk fish, cow foot, oxtail, escovitch fish, steamed fish, brown stewed fish, grill lobster, curried chicken, curried goat, rice and peas and ackee and saltfish, Jamaica's national dish.
Produced by Effective Entertainment, Inc. (www.effectiveentertainmentinc.com) Reggae World Unity Festival is an event created for the unification of people through reggae music. The great Bob Marley was the catalyst that promoted the reggae movement to the four corners of the earth. Reggae World Unity 's goal is to continue this movement, inspiring and encouraging world peace with events that brings diverse cultures and people together in one harmony.

Curley's House of style, Inc. is nonprofit organization dedicated to the needs of the less fortunate. They provide food, clothing, jobs and other resources for low to moderate income families, elderly folks, children, abused individuals, the homeless and HIV/AIDS citizens in Dade, Broward and surrounding areas.

With this in mind Effective Entertainment who are producers of the Reggae World Unity Fest have partnered with Rockaz Movement to give back to Curley's House and those in need. For the last two years Rockaz Movement has created a forum for Curley's House to collect cans of food and monetary donations for this benevolent cause at all their events.

In following this trend, at the Reggae World Unity Fest on January 20, which will take place at Grand Central Park, Downtown Miami, the same forum will be afforded to Curley House. Promoters of the event are urging all patrons to bring two cans or more of food or a monetary donation.

The event which will feature the son of the great Bob Marley, Kymani Marley, king of Jamaican dance music Beenie Man, the queen of Jamaican dance music Lady Saw and many more will be a day of peace, love and unity.

Another year in entertainment has come to an end and what fun 2012 was for the party and concert scene. From the first big event of the year in February to the Beres Hammond concert at the Hard Rock Live on December 14, South Florida certainly got its share of great entertainment for the year.
The first big show of the year took place at the Miramar Regional Park on February 19. Vintage Reggae Winter Fest saw the undisputed Queen of Reggae Marcia Griffiths among a host of leading men which included Yellow Man, Leroy Sibbles, and Little John among others. The inaugural event drew a few hundred people and gave a decent show.
On March 11, The Icons of Reggae concert was held at the Central Broward Regional Park and saw a slew of reggae icons putting on a great show for patrons. Toots and the Maytals, Ali Campbell's UB40, John Holt, Wailing Souls, U Roy and Lady Saw were some of the icons who took the stage.
The biggest event in May was the 9th annual Palm Beach Jerk and Caribbean Culture Festival which saw thousands of patrons converging on the Meyer Amphitheater in West Palm Beach. Crowds were anxious to get a taste of the delectable jerk offerings and to see heartthrobs Baby Cham and Sanchez perform on stage. And what a performance it was. Despite the rain, patrons stood their ground with umbrellas in hand to get their part of the performance.