Jamaica Montego Bay Reggae SumFest 2011 Fever

Reggae Sumfest, one of the biggest reggae music festival on earth, kicked off last Sunday night (July 17) with a beach party and continues tonight through Saturday with the main festival nights at Catherine Hall in Montego Bay.

American R’N’B singer R Kelly won’t be able to perform at Sumfest in Montego Bay. The 44 year-old R’n’B artist, whose real name is Robert Kelly, was in severe pain and was rushed to a Chicago hospital on Tuesday, where an abscess on one of his tonsils was drained, according to a statement from the singer’s spokesman Allan Mayer.

But not all is lost since there will be International superstar Nicki Minaj joined by Beres Hammond, Jah Cure, Vybz Kartel, Mavado, Half Pint,Bounty Killer and many more acts on the world-class stage of Reggae SumFest 2011.

Mobay hotels are packed  at capacity, with more than 6000 visitors, and this shows how this big reggae music festival is still attracting reggae music fans from all over the globe and boosting up a bit the economy in Jamaica, which is very good.

This year the festival is going really strong ,the line up is great, stellar, it just really misses Shabba Ranky which the festival couldn’t afford to book, but they will try again next year..

It’s also the first Reggae Sumfest for Jamaican reggae dancehall star Jah Vinci ,that is currently going strong in his solo career.

Check out the videos below and feel the hype and the buzz about this legendary Festival in Montego Bay.

History in the making at this edition, with Vybz Kartel and the whole Gaza Camp and Portmore Empire killed it in a live show with Popcaan, Shawn Storm, Gaza Slim that is legendary. This would become World Boss latest big live performance before his arrest.

Vybz Kartel – Reggae Sumfest 2011

Mavado – Reggae Sumfest 2011