Ogholi earned the recognition 'Queen of Nigeria reggae'[9][10] firstly from a Nigerian reggae music legend blessed memory of Majek Fashek to later be known globally with her act. She told BBC Pidgin during her interview that her reggae wristband was a gift from Majek Fashek to her, after they finished recording with their band in a studio section in Lagos. She was later known for other names like 'Africa's Queen Of Reggae', a nickname she earned from fans in west Africa, after she released three albums that went platinum.[11][2]
In 2020 she signed a five-year record deal[14][2] with Enorecords owned by Nigeria reggae singer Winning Jah. In August 2020, she released an EP under the imprint, titled Peace and Love which included a remix of her most popular song 'Happy Birthday'. The EP was produced, mixed and mastered by the label's in-house producer Ayemere Joshua, commonly known by his stage name 'Jossy Joe'.[15][2]
Delly and me go back to when we both dropped a track on the Red Bull & Guinness riddim. Then we recorded a song together called Girlfriend that was on my Morning's Come album and from there we held that connection and had a good vibe musically. As an artist I think it's important that you don't just paint in one colour. You wouldn't look at a great painter and expect him to paint in black and white. With my music I look at it the same way: whatever I'm feeling, the people need to be exposed to it whether that be reggae, dancehall or R&B. I'm just getting the colours out there for the world.
There's been a lot of concern in the Jamaican media about this phenomenon lately. Fears that foreign countries now have their own reggae and that Jamaica is being left out of the worldwide reggae market.
Reggae music will always be a Jamaican art-form if Jamaicans embrace it. And not just embrace one side of it but all things within the art-form. We can even speak about ska in that regard. I was talking to a couple of different people here in the States and when I mentioned ska as a Jamaican art-form they were surprised! I think for us as Jamaicans, instead of looking and debating so much about how the world sees us we need to start thinking about how we can push our music forward and embrace it more. Because if we don't do that, other people are going to do that for us. You can't blame someone for stepping in and doing what needs to be done. This is an art-form that is supposed to spread through the world. Japanese reggae, French reggae, UK reggae - I think it's great. It moves the culture, the people and our country forward, so long as we as Jamaicans own up and take ownership of the music. Stop worrying about how the world is viewing the thing and grasp it!
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