Foreigndub signs Jamaican artists for release in Australia
After some successful reggae releases, Foreigndub have signed up Natty King and Hi Kee for 2 albums.
Set for release end of 2010, 2 reggae albums will hit the Australian Shore. Natty King the Man from the Eastern parish of St. Thomas dubbed Natty King. Kevin Christopher Roberts, aka Natty King is best known for hits such as “Mister Greedy” and “No Guns To Town”. Believed to be one of the members of conscious music, he draws his inspiration from reggae pioneers The Wailers, Burning Spear, and his personal role model Luciano.
Hi Kee is a peaceful person with a warm and friendly attitude, powerful voice and sharp, intelligent lyrics about our society, struggles in life and his faith in Rasta.
He grow up in a small community called „Pepper District“ in St Elisabeth, Jamaica. Hi Kee, has 3 brothers and 3 sisters. He is the eldest son raised by his Rastafarian father, a pump operator at the National Water Commission and his mother a dressmaker.
It was Hi Kee’s close friend, DJ Skylan from St. Elisabeth, who offered Hi Kee opportunity to gain experience by building his own songs and DJ-ing on local sound systems like Tic Tac, Hi Grade CD Sound, Cosmic and Revelation Sound.
Hi Kee was only 23 years old when his first song called “Pretty like Gold” was recorded in a studio in Mandeville/Manchester, Jamaica.
Heres a sample of his new tune ‘Women of Virtue’ out soon.