JamWeekly Magazine

Dr. MichelleG wants you to Get With The Fix Written by  Lesley Hayles [Union, New Jersey – November 11, 2023] Dr. Michelle ‘ MichelleG’  Gill is a Guyanese who grew up in the US and obtained a PhD in Human Services, practicing in the field of academia, teaching at 3 universities in the Social Work Departments and is also a government Child Abuse Investigator. She runs her own non-profit organization that hosts an annual Back-To-School Drive, providing educational resources to under-privileged families and donating to Jamaica and Guyana as well. Based in New Jersey,  MichelleG  never knew she’d enter radio until calling into Roadblock Radio and speaking to DJ Banky Hype on air one day in 2014. Afterwards, she thought she’d try this and asked him if she could be a part of the station. He said yes! She co-hosted with DJ Naturalist first then Banky.  MichelleG  hasn’t looked back and has enjoyed interviewing individuals worldwide, including Morgan Heritage...

T  h e  B I o g r a p h y  o f  T  a J J I Written by  Lesley Hayles [Kingston, Jamaica –  November 7, 2023 ] Maurice Cooper, who goes by the moniker “ Tajji ”, was born in Kingston, Jamaica and grew in a garrison called Dunkirk in East Kingston on November 30. He attended the Hope Valley Experimental, Excelsior High  and  Dunoon Technical High schools. Tajji  realized he wanted to be an artist while still in  the  10th grade at Dunoon. Dancehall phenoms, Spragga Benz and Assassin, also known as Agent Sasco, were based in his community at the time and he began hanging around them. This connection motivated  Tajji  to start pursuing music as he felt like he had a message and voice to share plus writing skills that came easily to him. “ It was my comfort zone ,” says  Tajji . Bounty Killa is also a part of his musical influences.  A song called “ Top A Wi Game ”, produced by Redboom Supamix Productions, was hi...