Roots of Shaggy

Machel Montano is a Trinidadian singer, songwriter and record producer. He is widely regarded for globalising and pioneering the soca music genre. Renowned for his high-energy, fast-paced, and often unpredictable performances, Montano is one of Trinidad and Tobago's most popular musicians of all time.

The Green is a reggae band formed in 2009 from Oahu, Hawaii. Their sound blends dub-heavy roots reggae, smooth lovers' rock, and contemporary pop and rock with indigenous Hawaiian musical/lyrical references. The current band consists of Caleb Keolanui on vocals, Ikaika Antone on keys/vocals, Zion Thompson on guitar/vocals, Brad Watanabe on Bass/vocals and Jordan Espinoza on drums/vocals. The group has released five full-length studio albums to date.

Alison Amanda Hinds is a British-born Bajan soca singer based in Barbados. She is often referred to as the Bajan "Queen of Soca" as a result of her impact on the genre.

Orville Aloysious Thomas, better known by his stage name Da'Ville, is a Jamaican reggae singer.

Sly and Robbie were a prolific Jamaican rhythm section and production duo, associated primarily with the reggae and dub genres. Drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare teamed up in the mid-1970s after establishing themselves separately in Jamaica as professional musicians. They recorded several albums under the Sly and Robbie name, and made hundreds of appearances on records by other performers.

King Floyd was a New Orleans soul singer, best known for his top 10 hit from 1970, "Groove Me".

Roy "Gramps" Morgan is a Jamaican-American singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, producer, record executive, and entrepreneur. Gramps was born in Brooklyn, New York, but was raised partially in Springfield, Massachusetts. He is the son of well-known reggae artist Denroy Morgan, and a founding member of Grammy Award-winning reggae band Morgan Heritage. Most of his brothers and sisters are also in the music business.

Michael Theophilus Johnson, better known as Mikey Spice, is a Jamaican reggae singer. Mikey Spice has released conscious roots reggae, lovers rock, R&B and Dubplate with a number of artists and producers, amongst them Tony Rebel, Firehouse Crew, Marcia Griffiths, Saxon Studio International, Frankie Paul, Peckings Records, Hawkeye Records,Luciano, and many more.