Richell Bonner (born September 8, 1971), better known as Richie Spice is a Jamaican reggae artist. He is a member of the Rastafari movement. Some of his most famous songs include, \u00ab\u00a0Youth Dem Cold\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0Groovin’ My Girl\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0Earth A Run Red\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0Marijuana\u00a0\u00bb and \u00ab\u00a0The Plane Land\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n
Bonner was born in Rock Hall, St. Andrew, Jamaica. He is the brother of Pliers, Spanner Banner and Snatcha Lion. His first Jamaican single \u00ab\u00a0Killing a Sound\u00a0\u00bb was produced by Dennis \u00ab\u00a0Star\u00a0\u00bb Hayes. This was followed by \u00ab\u00a0Shine\u00a0\u00bb, produced by Clive Hunt. Spice also teamed up with Hunt for his debut album on the Island Jamaica label from which came his first major hit \u00ab\u00a0Grooving my girl\u00a0\u00bb. His second album included hits such as \u00ab\u00a0Earth a Run Red\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0Living Ain’t Easy\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0Land of Jamaica\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0Time So Rough\u00a0\u00bb, the aforementioned \u00ab\u00a0Grooving My Girl\u00a0\u00bb and many others.<\/p>\n
Having gained popularity in the mid-1990s, Spice has performed at major shows such as Reggae Sunsplash, White River Reggae Bash, Rebel Salute and many others. Spice opened shows for the likes of Chaka Demus and Pliers, Spanner Banner and Rita Marley on extensive tours of Europe and the United States during 1996-1997.<\/p>\n
He again toured East North America from June to September 2001. He performed at Sting held at Jam World, St. Catherine (December 26, 2002) and Sting Miami (March 2003).<\/p>\n
More recently, a remix of one of his more popular tracks, \u00ab\u00a0Marijuana\u00a0\u00bb, by Digital Mystikz’s Coki, renamed \u00ab\u00a0Burnin'\u00a0\u00bb has focused more attention to him in the blossoming dubstep scene coming out of the UK. The original version of \u00ab\u00a0Marijuana\u00a0\u00bb also appears on the These Are Serious Times modern reggae compilation on XL Recordings.<\/p>\n
His song \u00ab\u00a0Youth Dem Cold\u00a0\u00bb was featured on Grand Theft Auto IV’s Massive B Soundsytem 96.9 and the ending sound track of Attack the Block.<\/p>\n
Spice chose Book of Job as the title for his fifth album, released on February 22, 2011 on VP Records, stating that his commitment to creating uplifting music is as unwavering as Job’s faith was while enduring his many hardships.
\nHis latest album, Richie Spice Acoustic – Soothing Sounds, is set for release in October 2012 and features musicians such as Robbie Shakespeare and Bongo Herman.<\/p>\n
He also runs the Bonner Cornerstone label with his brothers.<\/p>\n
Richie Spice is a supporter of Food For the Poor (FFP) Jamaica, and gives a proportion of the proceeds from his performances to the charity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Richell Bonner (born September 8, 1971), better known as Richie Spice is a Jamaican reggae artist. He is a member of the Rastafari movement. Some of his most famous songs include, \u00ab\u00a0Youth Dem Cold\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0Groovin’ My Girl\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0Earth A Run Red\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0Marijuana\u00a0\u00bb and \u00ab\u00a0The Plane Land\u00a0\u00bb. Bonner was born in Rock Hall, St. Andrew, Jamaica. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[385],"class_list":["post-1522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","category-reggae-dancehall-caribbean","tag-richie-spice"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n