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BLACKOUT JA, JAMAICAN REGGAE RECORDING ARTIST http://www.blackout-ja.com/

'Blackout Ja (aka) Christopher Hendricks was born in Portland Jamaica, He is the youngest of three sibling,Growing up in a musical household, his mother sang on the church choir and his father played a sound system called universe .Blackout Ja attended Titchfield high school He would perform on local events in his town and other major events, he was encouraged by popular deejay major mackerel and louis culture to leave portland and pursue a career in music in kingston jamaica

went to the Capital city, Kingston, where he was spotted by lots of popular producers like, Collin fat who produced his fist single on the top ten Riddim called question man. He then worked with other international producers like Sly and Robbie, Castro Brown, Steven Stanley, Heavy D, Bus out, Gussie Clarke, and Sky High who recorded his first LP entitled BLACKOUT. He then worked with General Lee who became his mentor because he was ask by the great Dennis Brown at the time to help the artist on his Journey.

Blackout Ja was signed to Supreme Promotion who host the biggest one night reggae show on earth, STING. He preformed four consecutive years on sting to excellent reviews. He has performed on Sun Splash, Teen Splash, Border Clash, Ghetto Splash, Tastee Talent Contest as a special guest with Heavy Dee crew.

Blackout Ja was told by the great Yellow Man that he was going to make a significant impact in dancehall reggae. He then left Jamaica to perform in France with the Mighty Diamonds but was not granted the visa by the French embassy and decided to stay in England where he was singed to East West records and worked with Uk based producer Curtis Lynch, Sting Ray and other uk based reggae producers.

Blackout Ja top charts on the drum and bass scene with hit singles Informer with kaners and Murder a Sound with Tener fly all done with the Runtingz Crew a drum and bass production team based in Bristol uk. Blackout Ja also worked with European producers like Dread Squad, Mongoes hi Fi and other producers across Europe and has performed on some of the major festivals like Boom Town, Shambala, Nothing hill carnival, St Pauls Carnival, One Love Festival. He worked along side the legendary Ranking joe, Big Youth, Tappa Zuki, Buju Banton, Freddy McGregor, Culture, Mighty Diamond, Sean Paul, Bounty Killa, Alpha Blonde Daddy Freddy and other great acts.

Blackout Ja who is now managed by his long time producer, friend and mentor, General Lee. Generals latest productions with Blackout Ja have seen excellent results. He sees a bright future with the success of the singles Mafia and Free Buju and Baltimore on the high power label.

Blackout Ja is ready for the universe..