For artists of Jamaican heritage, gaining acceptance in Jamaica is similar to winning a Grammy or getting a platinum record. Primo Green, born and raised in Toronto, got his chance in July when he performed at Reggae Sumfest in Montego Bay.<\/p>\n
The reggae\/hip hop act performed \u2018I Am Stronger\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, his song with Norris Man, on International Night which closed the annual event on July 20.<\/p>\n \u201cI grew up watching Sumfest as a youth and it has been a dream of mine to be on that stage. It was a surreal moment and definitely a great experience,\u201d said Primo Green.\u00a0 He admitted that \u201cThere were a lot of nerves before going on the stage but once I started performing, I got more comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n Primo Green is known for hip hop songs like \u2018Heartless\u2019<\/em><\/strong> and \u2018Lean on Me\u2019<\/em><\/strong>. He met Norris Man in Toronto in May through his road manager, when they performed at a Mother\u2019s Day show.\u00a0 While some of his biggest influences are American hip hop giants like DMX, Jay-Z and Nas, he developed early respect for Beres Hammond, Dennis Brown and Bob Marley who are some of his Jamaican parents\u2019 favorite acts.<\/p>\n Launching his career as a member of sibling group, EMG, Primo Green has been solo for some time. \u2018Wonderland\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, his first album, was released in 2018.<\/p>\n Working on Reggae Sumfest has whetted his appetite for more \u2018yaad\u2019 action.<\/p>\n \u201cI would definitely love to perform on Sumfest again in the near future so I can showcase my artistry and versatility from the catalog of songs I have. I\u2019m forever grateful to Norris Man for giving me the opportunity to share the stage with him and I would love to perform again in Jamaica soon,\u201d said Primo Green.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For artists of Jamaican heritage, gaining acceptance in Jamaica is similar to winning a Grammy or getting a platinum record. Primo Green, born and raised in Toronto, got his chance in July when he performed at Reggae Sumfest in Montego Bay. The reggae\/hip hop act performed \u2018I Am Stronger\u2019, his song with Norris Man, on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[240,239],"tags":[82],"class_list":["post-9148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canadian-news","category-international-news","tag-featured"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9149,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9148\/revisions\/9149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}