International record labels have shown interest in working with artistes from Jamaica and, to a larger extent, the Caribbean for decades. The 1990s and early 2000s were periods in where labels came calling, searching for the hottest acts to add to their rosters. That waned for a while until within the last few years a number of Jamaican acts have secured deals with major labels. St Thomas-born Demonie “Squidell” Wilson,.
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