BORN AND RAISED ON THE WEST COAST AND HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY HIS POLYNESIAN
UPBRINGING, J BOOG IS ONE OF THE TOP REGGAE ARTISTS IN RECENT YEARS.
MENTORED BY ISLAND REGGAE ICON FIJI, HE HONED HIS CRAFT EARLY ON, BLENDING
REGGAE WITH SOULFUL MELODIES AND A DISTINCTIVE VOCAL STYLE. A CHANCE
ENCOUNTER WITH YAMI BOLO AND GRAMPS MORGAN LED HIM TO JAMAICA, WHERE HE
WORKED IN THE HISTORICAL STUDIOS OF BOB MARLEY, DON CORLEON, BOBBY DIGITAL,
SHAGGY, AND SUGAR MINOTT—AN EXPERIENCE THAT DEEPENED HIS CONNECTION TO
REGGAE’S RICH HISTORY AND THE ISLANDS’ CULTURE.
HIS DEBUT ALBUM HEAR ME ROAR DROPPED IN 2007, FOLLOWED BY BACKYARD BOOGIE
FEATURING HITS LIKE LET'S DO IT AGAIN PRODUCED BY DON CORLEON AND SUNSHINE GIRL
PRODUCED BY GRAMPS MORGAN AND FEATURING THE LATE PEETAH MORGAN. DURING THE
2020 PANDEMIC, LET'S DO IT AGAIN WENT VIRAL ON TIKTOK, BOOSTING ITS POPULARITY TO
OVER 85M YOUTUBE VIEWS AND 75K VIDEOS FEATURING DANCE TRENDS LED BY
CELEBRITIES LIKE JASON DERULO, NOAH SCHNAPP, AND CHARLI D’AMELIO. HIS 2016 ALBUM
WASH HOUSE TING, FEATURING MORGAN HERITAGE AND BUJU BANTON, TOPPED
BILLBOARD’S REGGAE CHART AND WAS NOMINATED FOR BEST REGGAE ALBUM AT THE 2018
GRAMMYS, WHILE HIS EP ROSE PETALS RECEIVED A 2017 NOMINATION ALONG WITH
RECOGNITION FOR TOPPING THE US BILLBOARD AND ITUNES REGGAE CHARTS..
J BOOG’S REPERTOIRE BOASTS TRACKS WITH SOJA, IRATION, TARRUS RILEY, THE GREEN,
FIJI, CHAKA DEMUS, RICHIE SPICE AND MORE. MORE RECENTLY, J BOOG’S COLLABORATIONS
HAVE KEPT HIM AT THE FOREFRONT OF REGGAE AND ISLAND MUSIC AS HE CONTINUES
PUSHING THE SOUND FORWARD. IN 2021, HE RELEASED SIVA MAI FT. SIAOSI, AND HOSTED A
DANCE COMPETITION FOR THE TRACK THAT RECEIVED ENTRIES FROM DANCE CREWS ALL
OVER THE WORLD. HIS 2024 RELEASES, INCLUDING TOO HOT WITH SAVAGE AND FIRE UP DI
ROSES WITH THE GREEN, DEMONSTRATE HIS ONGOING INFLUENCE AND INNOVATION IN THE
GENRE.
HE HAS TOURED WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING EUROPE, AFRICA, DUBAI, NEW ZEALAND,
AUSTRALIA, JAPAN AND ACROSS THE US. HE HAS PERFORMED AND HEADLINED FESTIVALS
LIKE CALI ROOTS, ONE LOVE NZ, ONE LOVE CALI, GOOD LOVE, REGGAE RISE UP, ARIZONA
ROOTS, DRY DIGGINGS, HOLO HOLO MUSIC FESTIVAL AND THE MAYJAH RAYJAH TO NAME A
FEW.
WITH A CAREER SPANNING OVER A DECADE, J BOOG’S TIMELESS APPEAL AND
CROSS-GENERATIONAL INFLUENCE CONTINUE TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF REGGAE.
WHETHER HEADLINING MASSIVE FESTIVALS OR COLLABORATING WITH THE NEXT WAVE OF
REGGAE TALENT, J BOOG REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ARTISTS OF HIS
GENERATION.