Canada-based reggae artiste Empress Divine launched a six-track EP titled Jah Lives on Feb 19 through her personal label, Empress Divine Muzik.
The rootsy and acutely aware title tune of the challenge displays her guiding philosophy of life.
“I led with this tune, Jah Lives, as a result of I’ve confronted many obstacles in life through the years and this one resonated essentially the most. I’ve realized that irrespective of how arduous life will get, the Most Excessive by no means gave me nothing that I can’t bear, so I do know personally that Jah lives, reigns and guidelines within the coronary heart of I n I,” she mentioned.
The challenge consists of songs like Natty A Develop, Brap Brap, Mama, Actual Pals and Single Woman Blues that includes Blk Orchid. She mentioned that the challenge is getting rave evaluations within the Toronto music group.
“This physique of labor is music that I’ve been engaged on over my musical profession and I really feel the world wants to listen to, and the response has been constructive in Toronto and the Caribbean,” she mentioned.
She teased that she is at the moment engaged on an enormous collaboration with an “worldwide reggae celebrity”.
“That tune might be launched within the coming months of 2025. I even have one other tune and visible referred to as “Medi” produced by Seami Data dropping quickly so look out for that as nicely,” she mentioned.
Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Empress Divine’s mother and father are of Jamaican descent.
She attended an all-girl faculty referred to as St Joseph Morrow Park. Whereas rising up within the church and singing within the choir, she developed a ardour for music. That keenness solely heightened when her mom handed away when she was 8 years outdated. She turned to music to salve her emotional ache.
“So I used music as my therapeutic to take care of the ache of her absence,” she mentioned.
She turned a Rastafarian in 2004, and recorded her first tune in 2012.
