Sizzla

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Sizzla is a prominent Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist known for his prolific output and influential role in the modern roots reggae and Rastafarian music movement.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sizzla canonical 11
Sizzla Kalonji 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dancehall artist ⓘ
human ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
reggae artist ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1990s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sizzla Kalonji ⓘ
linked to: Sizzla
associatedWith Bobo Ashanti ⓘ
birthName Miguel Orlando Collins ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Jamaica ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1976-04-17 ⓘ
genre conscious reggae ⓘ
dancehall ⓘ
reggae ⓘ
roots reggae ⓘ
hasMusicalRole vocalist ⓘ
hasTheme African identity ⓘ
anti-oppression ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
spirituality ⓘ
influenced conscious dancehall artists ⓘ
modern roots reggae artists ⓘ
influencedBy Rastafarian teachings ⓘ
roots reggae ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Rastafari ⓘ
linked to: Rastafari movement
name Sizzla ⓘ
nativeLanguage Jamaican Patois ⓘ
notableFor influential role in modern roots reggae ⓘ
prolific musical output ⓘ
promotion of Rastafarian values in music ⓘ
notableSong Dry Cry ⓘ
Just One of Those Days ⓘ
Thank U Mamma ⓘ
notableWork Black Woman & Child ⓘ
Burning Up ⓘ
Da Real Thing ⓘ
Praise Ye Jah ⓘ
Royal Son of Ethiopia ⓘ
occupation musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
origin August Town, Kingston, Jamaica ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kingston, Jamaica ⓘ
recordLabel Greensleeves Records ⓘ
VP Records ⓘ
Xterminator ⓘ
religion Rastafari ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

VP Records → signedArtist → Sizzla ⓘ
Grateful → hasGuestArtist → Sizzla ⓘ
God Did → featuresArtist → Sizzla ⓘ
Popcaan → associatedAct → Sizzla ⓘ
Mr. Vegas → associatedAct → Sizzla ⓘ
Sizzla → name → Sizzla ⓘ
Sizzla → alsoKnownAs → Sizzla Kalonji ⓘ
linked to: Sizzla
These Streets Know My Name → featuredArtist → Sizzla ⓘ
Capleton → associatedAct → Sizzla ⓘ