Protoje

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About Protoje

Jamaican reggae artist Protoje was born into a musical family—his mom is chart-topping reggae artist Lorna Bennett, and his dad, Mike Ollivierre, is a calypso king. ∙ Protoje’s 2013 song “Kingston Be Wise”—a redo of Ini Kamoze’s “England Be Nice”—was featured on a radio station in the video game Grand Theft Auto V. ∙ Two of his albums have reached No. 1 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart, including 2015’s Ancient Future. ∙ A Matter of Time, his 2018 chart-topping full-length, received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Reggae Album. ∙ He’s collaborated on music with Chronixx (a remix of Alicia Keys’ “Underdog”), Rebelution (“Inhale Exhale”), Wiz Khalifa (“A Vibe”), and Tribal Seeds (“Gunsmoke”).

HOMETOWN
Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica
BORN
14 June 1981
GENRE
Reggae
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