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Meet Okuda Hiroko: The Japanese Programmer Who Helped To Create Dancehall’s Pioneering ‘Sleng Teng’ Riddim

By Claudia Gardner Fri, February 4 2022, 03:55 PM EST

Okuda Hiroko, the Japanese woman who caught Reggaemylitis and created the Casio preset beat that gave rise to the legendary Sleng Teng riddim, believes that it was almost inevitable that the piece of music she composed almost 40 years ago would be embraced by Jamaicans.

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Bounty Killer Hails Wayne Smith For Producing First Song ‘Top Secret’

By Claudia Gardner Tue, January 11 2022, 04:48 PM EST

Bounty Killer has hailed the late Dancehall singer/producer Wayne Smith as the man who displayed confidence in him as an artist by producing his first song Top Secret, back in 1990. 

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King Jammy Sheds Light On Facebook’s Use Of ‘Sleng Teng’ For Meta Ad

By Claudia Gardner Thu, December 16 2021, 02:26 PM EST

Veteran music producer Lloyd “King Jammy” James has shed some light on Facebook’s use of Sleng Teng, the legendary Dancehall riddim masterminded by singer Wayne Smith in 1984, for its first video advertisement for Meta, its new parent company name.

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Facebook’s Meta Uses ‘Under Mi Sleng Teng’ Dancehall Sample In New Ad Campaign

By Claudia Gardner Fri, November 5 2021, 03:38 PM EST

Sleng Teng, the legendary Dancehall riddim masterminded by singer Wayne Smith for his mega-hit song Under Mi Sleng Teng, has been used by Meta, the new parent company name for Facebook, in its first video advertisement.

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