| Mackie Conscious |
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The singer, songwriter and musician was christened Dennis McKay. In 1997 Mackie had a dream of Bob Marley who told him he would have him writing his songs. By the year 2000, Mackie Conscious made the first of his six annual appearances on the biggest international music festival Reggae Sumfest. By 2001-2002 he did his first overseas assignment, “A Tribute To New York” (following the 9/11 Massacre) in Florida. He became a household name judging by the frequent requests for interviews by most print, visual and audio media with the release of the thought-provoking song, “What If” (ensued by a music video) which went to number 18 on the Jamaica Top 40 Chart. This won him The JFM award for Best Recording Artiste 2001. From then on the artiste scored big with hits like “Cell phone On His Hip”, “The World Is In Trouble”, “Who Is Your Friend”, “More Reality”, a cover version of the Jacob Miller classic “Discipline Child” “ Should I run”, “Cant be a king and no royal”, and most recently “Lucky Mi nuh Lucky. Mackie who many of his fans cite as the next Bob Marley (in terms of message music) has performed for many celebrities like Louis Farrakhan, Patti La Belle, Cheryl Lee-Ralph, Jah Rule – among the more popular names. This dreadlocks entertainer has made a statement on major stage-shows sharing the spotlight with the blockbusters. In 2006 Mackie did the Air Jamaica jazz and blues Festival sharing stage with Air Supply. |
| Last Updated ( Friday, 10 July 2009 19:13 ) |
