This is a list of reggae fusion artists

Reggae fusion

Reggae fusion is a fusion genre of reggae that mixes reggae or dancehall with other genres, such as pop, rock, hip hop, R&B, house, jazz & drum and bass....

. This includes artists who have either been very important to the genre, or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as in the case of one that has been on a major label, but not limited to such). Bands are listed by the first letter in their name (not including the words "a", "an", or "the"), and individuals are listed by last name.

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• Barrington Levy
  Barrington Levy
  Barrington Levy is a reggae and dancehall artist from Jamaica.-Career:In 1976, Levy formed a band with his cousin, Everton Dacres, called the Mighty Multitude; the pair released "My Black Girl" in 1977...
  
  
• Beenie Man
  Beenie Man
  Anthony Moses Davis , better known by his stage name Beenie Man, is a Grammy award winning Jamaican reggae artist. He is the self-proclaimed "King of the Dancehall".-Biography:...
  
  
• Bounty Killer
  Bounty Killer
  Bounty Killer is a Grammy nominated Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay. He is the founder of a dancehall collective known as The Alliance.-Early life and career:...
  
  
• Brick & Lace
  Brick & Lace
  Brick and Lace are a Jamaican R&B reggae fusion musical duo consisting of sisters Nyanda and Nailah Thorbourne. Originally Brick & Lace consisted of three sisters Nyanda, Nailah, and Tasha Thorbourne...
  
  
• Buju Banton
  Buju Banton
  Buju Banton is a Jamaican dancehall, ragga, and reggae musician.Banton has recorded pop and dance songs, as well as songs dealing with sociopolitical topics....
  
  
• Burning Tree (St. Pete, FL)
• Busy Signal
  Busy Signal (artist)
  Reanno Gordon, better known by his stage name, Busy Signal, is an artist from St Ann, Jamaica. He has also lived in Tivoli Gardens, Papine, Spanish Town and other areas in West and East Kingston Jamaica and is a past student of Brown's Town Comprehensive High School...
  
  

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• Cham
  Cham (singer)
  Cham is a Grammy Award-nominated Jamaican recording artist, most well known for his 2006 single "Ghetto Story" from his major label debut album of the same name, a song which led to multiple "story" songs by other artists in a similar vein. He is currently signed to Atlantic Records, and was...
  
  
• Charles Lima
• Che'Nelle
  Che'Nelle
  Cheryline Lim known by her stage name Che'Nelle, is an Australian recording artist. in 2005 she was signed to Virgin Records America, an imprint of EMI.-1983-2005: Early life:...
  
  
• Cherine Anderson
  Cherine Anderson
  Cherine Anderson is a Jamaican actress and dancehall/reggae vocalist.-Biography:Anderson's acting career began with a role in Dancehall Queen ; she is also known for playing the character Serena in the 2003 Jamaican film, One Love.Anderson has worked and performed with Sly and Robbie, Sting,...
  
  
• Christopher Martin
  Christopher Martin (singer)
  Christopher Martin is a Reggae singer/songwriter from St. Catherine, Jamaica. Chris won Digicel Rising Stars in 2005 and is best known for the songs "Take My Wings", "Giving It" and "I'll Be Your Driver". Christopher Martin supersedes many talents currently gracing Reggae Music...
  
  
• Collie Buddz
  Collie Buddz
  Collie Buddz is a Bermudian reggae and dancehall artist best known for his single "Come Around". Although born in New Orleans, Louisiana, he was raised in Bermuda. He performed on Shaggy's 2007 album Intoxication on the track "Mad Mad World". In 2008, he performed the song "SOS" on WWE The Music,...
  
  

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• Damian Marley
  Damian Marley
  Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley is a Jamaican reggae artist who has won three Grammy awards. Damian is the youngest son of Bob Marley....
  
  
• Demarco
  Demarco (artist)
  Colin Demar Edwards , better known by his stage name Demarco, is a Jamaican dancehall and reggae artist.-Music:...
  
  
• Diana King
  Diana King
  Diana King is a reggae fusion singer-songwriter who specifically performed a mixture and fusion of R&B, reggae, pop and dancehall...
  
  
• Don Yute
• Dirty Heads

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• Mad Cobra
  Mad Cobra
  Ewart Everton Brown , better known by his stage name of Mad Cobra or simply Cobra is a Jamaican reggae musician.-Biography:...
  
  
• Mad Lion
  Mad Lion
  Oswald Priest, better known as Mad Lion, is a dancehall, ragga musician and rapper. He frequently collaborates with fellow hip hop artist KRS-One — most recently on a DVD promoting the Temple of Hiphop...
  
  
• Major Lazer
  Major Lazer
  Major Lazer is a collaborative musical project from DJ/Producers Diplo and Switch.-Background:Made up of DJs Diplo and Switch, the two were introduced after working with M.I.A.. The duo's first album Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do was released on June 16, 2009, on Downtown Records. It was...
  
  
• Matisyahu
  Matisyahu
  Matthew Paul Miller , better known by his Hebrew name and stage name Matisyahu, is an American Hasidic Jewish reggae and alternative rock musician....
  
  
• Maxi Priest
  Maxi Priest
  Max Alfred "Maxi" Priest is a British reggae vocalist of Jamaican descent. He is best known for singing reggae music with a R&B influence, otherwise known as reggae fusion, and became one of the first international successes who regularly dabbled in the genre as well as being one of the most...
  
  
• Men at Work
  Men at Work
  Men at Work are an Australian rock band who achieved international success in the 1980s. They are the only Australian artists to have a simultaneous #1 album and #1 single in the United States . They achieved the same distinction of a simultaneous #1 album and #1 single in the United Kingdom...
  
  
• Michael Franti & Spearhead
• The Movement
• Mr. Vegas
  Mr. Vegas
  Mr. Vegas is a Jamaican dancehall star.-Biography:Smith was born in Kingston in 1974. The moniker "Mr. Vegas" was given to Smith by his schoolyard football-mates, who thought that he kicked the ball like a Las Vegas dancer...
  
  
• Ms. Triniti
  Ms. Triniti
  Triniti Bhaguandas , better known by her stage name Ms. Triniti, is a reggae fusion singer-songwriter who mixes the dancehall, reggae and pop genres....
  
  

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• Rayvon
  Rayvon
  Rayvon is a Barbadian reggae singer, known for his work with Shaggy.-Singles:*1992 "Big Up" *1994 "No Guns, No Murder" Hi.*1995 "In The Summertime" #5 UK...
  
  
• Reel Big Fish
  Reel Big Fish
  Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band from Huntington Beach, California, best known for the 1997 hit "Sell Out". The band gained mainstream recognition in the mid-to-late 1990s, during the third wave of ska with the release of the gold certified album Turn the Radio Off. Soon after, the band...
  
  
• Richie Loop
• Richie Stephens
  Richie Stephens
  Richard Frederick Freeman Stephenson III, better known as Richie Stephens is a Jamaican R&B, dancehall and reggae singer and producer.-Biography:...
  
  
• Ricky Blaze
• Rihanna
  Rihanna
  Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers...
  
  
• Rikrok
  Rikrok
  Ricardo George Ducent better known by his stage name Rikrok is an English singer. Rikrok is most famous for the single "It Wasn't Me" from Shaggy's Hot Shot album.-Life and career:...
  
  
• Rock City

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• Sadiki
  Sadiki
  Henry Buckley, Jr. aka Sadiki previously known as Pancho Kryztal , is a Jamaican-American singer, songwriter and producer.-Early life:He was born Henry Buckley Jr., in Rollington Town, Kingston, Jamaica...
  
  
• Sean Kingston
  Sean Kingston
  Sean Kingston is a Jamaican-American singer. He pursued a music career and debuted in 2007 with the album Sean Kingston.-Early life:...
  
  
• Sean Paul
  Sean Paul
  Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques , who performs under stage name Sean Paul, is a Jamaican pop rap and reggae singer.-1973–1996: Early life:...
  
  
• Serani
  Serani
  Craig Serani Marsh, a.k.a. Serani is a dancehall artist signed to JVC Entertainment. He is best known for his involvement in Sean Paul's album The Trinity and his 2008 single No Games. Serani also released the singles Doh and She Loves Me....
  
  
• Shabba Ranks
  Shabba Ranks
  Shabba Ranks is a Jamaican dancehall musician.He was one of the most popular dancehall artists of his generation. He was also one of the first Jamaican deejays to gain worldwide acceptance, and recognition for his 'slack' lyrical expressions and content, when "ridin' di riddim"...
  
  
• Shaggy
  Shaggy (musician)
  Orville Richard Burrell , better known by his stage name Shaggy, is a Jamaican-American reggae singer and rapper. He is perhaps best known for his 1995 single "Boombastic" and 2000 single "It Wasn't Me"...
  
  
• Shinehead
  Shinehead
  Shinehead is an English-born Jamaican reggae singer/toaster/rapper.-Career:He began his music career by performing for different New York reggae dancehall sound systems in the 1980s, most notably Tony Screw's Downbeat The Ruler, based in The Bronx.His recording debut was in 1986 on the African...
  
  
• Sizzla
  Sizzla
  Sizzla Kalonji, or simply Sizzla in are de reggae musician. He is one of the most commercially and critically successful contemporary reggae artists and is well-known for his above-average prolificacy...
  
  
• Skindred
  Skindred
  Skindred is a Welsh rock band from Newport. The band was formed in 1998 following the disbandment of vocalist Benji Webbe's previous band, Dub War. Skindred's musical style mixes alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock and reggae...
  
  
• The Skints
  The Skints
  The Skints are a reggae/dub/ska/reggae rock band from London, United Kingdom. Since 2008 the band have toured extensively, playing hundreds of shows, supporting bands that include Gym Class Heroes, Sublime with Rome, Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, The Slackers, Gogol Bordello and Bedouin...
  
  
• Slightly Stoopid
  Slightly Stoopid
  Slightly Stoopid is an American band based in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California, who describe their music as "a fusion of acoustic rock and blues with reggae, hip-hop, and punk". As a band, they have released eight albums with their sixth studio album, entitled Slightly Not Stoned Enough To Eat...
  
  
• Snow
  Snow (musician)
  Darrin O'Brien , better known by his stage name Snow, is a Juno Award-winning Canadian rap and reggae musician. He is best known for his 1992 single "Informer", which reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.-Life and work:...
  
  
• Sublime
  Sublime (band)
  Sublime was an American ska punk band from Long Beach, California, formed in 1988. The band's line-up, unchanged until their breakup, consisted of Bradley Nowell , Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh . Michael "Miguel" Happoldt also contributed on a few Sublime songs, such as "New Thrash." Lou Dog, Nowell's...
  
  
• Super Cat
  Super Cat
  Super Cat is a deejay most popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s dancehall movement. Super Cat was born in Jamaica and was nicknamed Wild Apache. His nickname, the "Wild Apache" was given to him by his mentor Early B...
  
  

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• T.O.K.
  T.O.K.
  T.O.K. is a dancehall group hailing from Kingston, Jamaica. The group consists of Alistaire "Alex" McCalla, Roshaun "Bay-C" Clarke, Craig "Craigy T" Thompson, and Xavier "Flexx" Davidson...
  
  
• Tami Chynn
  Tami Chynn
  -Early years:Tami Chynn was born in Kingston, Jamaica. Her father, Richard Chin, is of Chinese descent with Cherokee ancestry and her mother, Christine Chin is Afro-Jamaican and British...
  
  
• Teacha Dee
  Teacha Dee
  Damion Darrel Warren better known by his stage name Teacha Dee, is a Jamaican reggae singer and classroom teacher. He is perhaps known for his 2006 single "Smoke and fly" and 2007 single "smuggling weed"...
  
  
• Tessanne Chin
  Tessanne Chin
  Tessanne Chin is a Reggae fusion recording artist, best known for her hit singles Hideaway and Messenger. Hideaway was featured on VP Records' Reggae Gold 2007...
  
  
• Third World
  Third World (band)
  Third World is a Jamaican reggae band formed in 1973. Their sound is influenced by soul, funk and disco.-History:Third World started when keyboard player Michael "Ibo" Cooper and guitarist Stephen "Cat" Coore, who had originally played in The Alley Cats then Inner Circle, subsequently left to form...
  
  
• Tony Rebel
  Tony Rebel
  Tony Rebel is a Jamaican reggae deejay. He 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'...