Letter To The Lord (Hear my cry)
Craigy-T
In depth conversation with source on a militant, drum-driven, Modern Dancehall track.
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BIO - CRAIG ‘CRAIGY T’ THOMPSON
Craigy-T (born Craig Thompson) is a Jamaican Reggae music singer, songwriter and record producer.
He gained worldwide acclaim as a member of the Dancehall / Reggae quartet T.O.K., landing five spots on the Billboard Hot 100 during their close to two decade-long run as one of Jamaica’s premier acts. Their breakthrough hit “Eagles Cry” produced by the legendary Dave Kelly, soared to #1 in Jamaica in 1999 and made them a force to be reckoned with in the Jamaican music scene. This was the turning point in Craigy-T’s career. The group had a string of hit singles including “Guardian Angel,” “Footprints” and “Gal You A Lead.” The momentum of these recordings opened the doors for the group to start touring Europe and the Caribbean before moving on to Africa, the U.S. and Japan, where they scored platinum and certified gold selling albums.
After a long and prosperous run, in 2016 the members of the group decided to take on solo careers and stopped recording as a group. Craigy-T took this opportunity to focus on his own solo projects and launched his own GafJam Records imprint.
Thus far, he has seen a successful solo journey with singles such as ‘No Space,’ ‘Number 1 girl,’ ‘Slow and Sexy’ & ‘Pull It Up’ gaining rotation in the United Kingdom and the United States on major stations like Hot 97, Power 105, Hot 93.7, B87, 99 JAMZ, BBC 1xtra and many more.
2019 saw the release of ‘Issa Jamaican ting’, which was slated to be the first release from his solo album produced by GafJam records and Therapist Music entitled ‘1’. However, the events of the pandemic forced Craigy-T to reschedule the launch and release of the album. During this “down time” Craig focused his efforts towards service within the greater music industry. Sitting as a director on the board and chairman of the Benevolence committee of The Jamaica Music Society (JAMMS), as well as sitting on the membership committee of The Recording Academy of the United States. Positions which he still holds to date.
In December 2021 Reggae/Dancehall group T.O.K joined forces for a reunion performance on the Welcome To Jamrock Reggae Cruise which sparked a full reconciliation, reunion and rebranding of the group as the ‘Tribe Of Kings’. T.O.K has enjoyed 3 fully booked years of touring since then and has released many new singles including ‘Much More’, ‘Sexy Time’, ‘NPLH’ and ‘Machine’
June 28, 2024 marked the release of ‘Ay Ay Ay’, Craigy-T’s 1st single release since 2019. A hard hitting collaboration with Polish Producer DJ Frodo, ‘Ay Ay Ay’ was the first single from Craigy-T and Dj Frodo’s chart topping joint musical project titled UNLOAD released November 29, 2024 and also containing hits like “Onion”, “No Echo” and “Man a Baller”
Craigy-T promises to continue writing, producing, performing, and releasing music both solo and with The Tribe Of Kings (T.O.K), on GafJam records and other labels.