{"id":18013,"date":"2018-07-20T10:07:33","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T14:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=18013"},"modified":"2018-07-20T10:07:33","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T14:07:33","slug":"jamaicas-protoje-tops-billboard-reggae-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/jamaicas-protoje-tops-billboard-reggae-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaica\u2019s Protoje Tops Billboard Reggae Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jamaican reggae singer, Oje Ken Ollivierre, popularly known as Protoje, remains atop the Billboard Reggae chart this week after landing there last week.<\/p>

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Protoje remains at number one for this week ending July 14th<\/sup>\u00a0with his fifth album, \u2018A Matter of Time.\u2019 The album includes a collaboration with Chronixx, titled, \u2018Flames.\u2019\u00a0 It was released in May.<\/p>\n

Protoje first gained notice for his 2005 mixtape Lyrical Overdose Volume 1, featuring mostly hip-hop-influenced songs. His debut album, \u201cThe Seven Year Itch,\u201d was released in 2011. In 2011, he released another single off the album entitled \u201cRasta Love,\u201d featuring Ky-Mani Marley.<\/p>

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Protoje\u2019s mother is Jamaican singer Lorna Bennett, best known for her 1972 rendition of \u2018Breakfast in Bed,\u2019 while his father is a former calypso king from the island nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.<\/p>

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Jamaican reggae singer, Oje Ken Ollivierre, popularly known as Protoje, remains atop the Billboard Reggae chart this week after landing there last week. Protoje remains at number one for this week ending July 14th\u00a0with his fifth album, \u2018A Matter of Time.\u2019 The album includes a collaboration with Chronixx, titled, \u2018Flames.\u2019\u00a0 It was released in May. 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