With inventive re-imaginings of the reggae-splashed hook-heavysoul popularized by acts like Sean Paul and Sean Kingston in theearly half of the 21st century's first decade, Virgin Island-bornsinger Iyaz swiftly built up a hearty cult following on MySpace.Kingston, in the process of forming his own Time Is Money label,stumbled upon Iyaz's site and snapped up the 21-year-old singer asthe maiden signee of his new imprint. Iyaz's debut single,"Replay," an iPod name-checking musical stew adding splashes ofclassical and electronica to his usual island pop, soared to theupper regions of the
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With inventive re-imaginings of the reggae-splashed hook-heavysoul popularized by acts like Sean Paul and Sean Kingston in theearly half of the 21st century's first decade, Virgin Island-bornsinger Iyaz swiftly built up a hearty cult following on MySpace.Kingston, in the process of forming his own Time Is Money label,stumbled upon Iyaz's site and snapped up the 21-year-old singer asthe maiden signee of his new imprint. Iyaz's debut single,"Replay," an iPod name-checking musical stew adding splashes ofclassical and electronica to his usual island pop, soared to theupper regions of the Billboard Hot 100 in November 2009 currentlydoing well in the European Charts.
[Source:Allmusic-Jason Thurston]
