Besides Red Stripe, reggae music, Appleton Rum and Usain Bolt, there’s another export that Jamaica can be equally proud of: women. The island nation that celebrated its 47th year of independence this past August has been minting dimes since before Bob Marley was wailing. We feel it’s only right that we finally give the Caribbean island its own Worldwide Wednesday.
We were going to wait for Bolt to break another record, but we learned today that he’s up for the 2009 International Association of Athletics Athlete of the Year award, so we said eff it. Besides, all this cold weather has us pining for some tropical love. Keep reading to see the 9 Hottest Jamaican Women. This ones for you, Usain!
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If Shaggy and Sean Paul were the pinnacle of the dancehall’s cross-over success in the mid-to-late ’90s, singer Tami Chynn has the potential to become the female equivalent today. With the exception of Rihanna, singers from the Caribbean have largely been unable to break out of the dancehall mold to achieve lasting success.
One thing’s for sure, it helps to have a major label backing the effort, which Universal did in 2006 when they released Tami Chynn’s debut Out Of Many One. While the rhythms were catchy and sexy to match Tami’s drop-dead-gorgeous looks, they catered to the raw, traditional riddim format of dancehall tracks. But for her sophomore follow-up, she’s going pop under the guidance of Akon and with the support of Steve Rifkin’s SRC label. Last week, Complex chopped it up with Tami about her new album Prima Donna, cat-calling in ATL, and becoming fodder for Jamaican tabloids…
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Though the weather in New York has been sporadically wet, we’ve been experiencing a major drought in the dating department. Today the floodgates opened, when up and coming dancehall superstar Tami Chynn strolled through our offices. The formal meet and greet with the Universal Records signee randomly lead to lunch at NYC's Jamaican eatery Negril, where we were left smitten by Tami's sweetness. Groupie love? Yeah, so what? But peep game'we didn't get the number, but with some photos of Tami and a link to her Myspace page, we’ve only just begun.
We’re sure she gets tons of requests a day, but what’s one more?
Smiles, from ear to ear.
Yep, she’s on Myspace too.
