Jamaica’s Protoje tops Billboard Reggae Chart

Jamaican reggae singer, Oje Ken Ollivierre, popularly known as Protoje, remains atop the Billboard Reggae chart this week after landing there last week.

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Protoje remains at number one for this weekending July 14th with his fifth album, ‘A Matter of Time.’ The album includes a collaboration with Chronixx, titled, ‘Flames.’  It was released in May.

Protoje first gained notice for his 2005 mixtape Lyrical Overdose Volume 1, featuring mostly hip hop-influenced songs. His debut album, “The Seven Year Itch,” was released in 2011. In 2011, he released another single off the album entitled “Rasta Love,” featuring Ky-Mani Marley.

Protoje’s mother is Jamaican singer Lorna Bennett, best known for her 1972 rendition of ‘Breakfast in Bed,’ while his father is a former calypso king from the island nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

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