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J Boog
Genre: Reggae
Origin: Long Beach, CA, United States
Born/Formed: 1983
Zodiac: Scorpio ♏ Read artist horoscope
As a child, Hawaiian reggae star J Boog sang along to Bob Marley tunes from a songbook his older sister played on piano.
∙ The son of a Samoan chief, California-born Boog was mentored by Hawaiian reggae icon Fiji, who produced his hit debut album, 2007’s Hear Me Roar.
∙ Mixing reggae, classic R&B, and hip-hop, he recorded part of his chart-topping 2011 album, Backyard Boogie, in the same Jamaican studio that Bob Marley used.
∙ J Boog won the Best New Entertainer Award at the 2012 International Reggae and World Music Awards.
∙ In 2016, his LP Wash House Ting, featuring members of veteran reggae band Morgan Heritage, rose to No. 1 on Billboard’s Reggae Albums chart.
∙ Boog’s lush, rap-tinged 2016 track “Ragamuffin” included guest vocals by Jamaican dancehall legend Buju Banton.
∙ In 2020, Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp made a viral dance video to pop singer Pia Mia’s remake of his breakout hit, “Let’s Do It Again.”
![Smokin' Love (Remix) [feat. Collie Buddz, Dizzy Wright, Iration & J Boog]](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music128/v4/48/14/e4/4814e41f-a404-def9-ad23-78fb88bf181a/859714855242_cover.jpg/200x200bb.jpg)
![Sounds of Summer (feat. J Boog & Slightly Stoopid) [Remix]](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music126/v4/de/60/2e/de602e57-b290-7753-ae29-1e22fc8902d2/197773183839_cover.jpg/200x200bb.jpg)
![Liki Tiki (feat. J Perry & Michael Brun) [Reggae Remix]](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music221/v4/4f/1e/c0/4f1ec01a-6e12-b845-b72d-6d29962ab009/197368665856_cover.jpg/200x200bb.jpg)