Jamaican and Nigerian artists shocked by Bobi wines incredible performance

Image result for tony rebelLegendary Jamaican artist Tony Rebel has praised Ugandan singing MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine for thrilling the Caribbean Island with an unforgettable performance.

The Kyadondo East legislator performed at the Rebel Salute 2019, the world’s premier reggae festival, held at the Grizzly’s Plantation Cove in St Ann, Jamaica.

Patrick George Anthony Barrett, better known by his stage name Tony Rebel, is the Jamaican reggae deejay behind Rebel Salute.Image result for Bobi Wine and Jamaican legend Tony Rebel

“A special brother [Bobi Wine] that performed … I thought he stole the show,” Tony said in a video following the weekend festival.

He added: “It’s his first time ….how he got the crowd to accept everything that he was saying, this is not normal. Big up all Ugandan people.”

After the video, Tony is reminded that he has not mentioned the name of that “special brother” and he bawls out: “Bobi Wine!”

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Nigerian reggae-dancehall singer and songwriter, Patrick Nnaemeka Okorie, better known by his stage name Patoranking, also praised Bobi Wine for giving a great performance.

“Big up @HEBobiwine Africa well represented last Night Blessings General,” Patoranking saluted Bobi.

Bobi responded: “Bless up @PATORANKING you got us dancing to the African tunes last night.”

Adorned in a red beret which gave him a militant look, Bobi Wine said Jamaican music had opened his eyes and mind and would use it to uplift the people.

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“Most of the music on that stage was conscious music. I feel reenergised by the sounds of freedom that reverberated from the show to the world.”

Born in Manchester Parish, Jamaica, Barrett was initially a singer, appearing as Papa Tony or Tony Ranking in local talent contests and on sound systems including Sugar Minott’s “Youth Promotion”.

His first release was the single “Casino” that appeared in 1988 on the MGB record label, although his career took off when he worked with Donovan Germain’s Penthouse setup in the early 1990s.

He had a big hit in 1990 with “Fresh Vegetable”, and established a singjay style of delivery.

He is notable as one of the few dreadlocked ‘cultural’ deejays of the ragga era.

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In 1992, he signed a deal with Columbia Records who released Vibes of the Times, a predominantly reggae fusion album, the following year.

In 1994 he founded his record label, ‘Flames’. That same year, he held a reggae festival named Rebel Salute in Mandeville, Jamaica.

It has developed into an annual event through his production company, Flames Productions, and is held every year on his birthday.

In June 2013, Barrett was sworn in as a Justice of the Peace. Rebel’s son, Abatau, has followed him into a career in music.

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