IWaata Inks Management Deal With Reynolds Entertainment Agency, Plots Caribbean and UK Tours

Dancehall艺人Jason 'IWaata' Bailey正式开启职业生涯新篇章，与Reynolds Entertainment Agency的Tameka Reynolds签订经纪合约。这位以粗粝张力与抓耳旋律兼备而闻名的艺人，今后的所有专业事务将由该机构全权打理。

"此举标志着IWaata在本地与国际市场打造个人品牌的过程中，迈向更具系统性的经纪管理。"Reynolds表示，并指出该机构将统筹其整个职业生涯。

尽管其作品牢牢扎根于现代dancehall风格，IWaata坦言自己钟情于该类型1990年代与2000年代的黄金时期，那个年代的影响也常常在他的作品中流露。他最早接触音乐是在Mona Primary School就读期间，当时演奏kette鼓；据其个人简介，他于2007年高中入学之初录制了首支正式作品。直至2011年完成学业后，他才全身心投入音乐，随后迁至Portmore与姨母同住，并开始与一支名为NTP的组合成员一同进入录音室。

家庭，尤其是母亲，始终是这位由祖母与一位兄弟陪伴长大的艺人心中的重心。"My mom is my everything. My mother is very important inna mi life. I used to help her sell a Half-Way Tree. Those things give you the drive to go for what you want,"他说道。

他的作品包括Clip Tall、Likkle London、Bad Inna Bed、Bout Yah、Cut Off Jeans以及Tun di Ada Way，其中最后一首在YouTube上的播放量已接近700万次。凭借对作品本身的专注，他赢得了dancehall界最具可塑性歌手之一的口碑。

上周六，5 Questions With ...栏目在ONErpm于St Andrew Hope Road的Ranny Williams Centre露天广场举办的'Thank You'活动现场采访了这位艺人。

1. 您是从什么时候开始对音乐产生兴趣的？

"I'm from Kintyre and there was like a musical environment, a whole heap a artiste forward from roun' deh. But my interest in music really started from primary school where I used to play drums. Then, when I attended Papine High, I started write songs from first form. I used to play football and dem tings deh, 'cause yuh done know wi grow rough."

2. 在牙买加，人们把眼泪称作'eye water'。您的艺名是怎么来的？

"I used to have a tree in my yard and, whenever it blossomed, it irritated my eyes ... dem get red like blood so my grandfather used to say 'eye wata'. So, growing into music, I was searching for a name and I decided to take the nickname my grandfather gave me. I changed the spelling to IWaata and the rest, as they say, is history."

3. 您最近在忙些什么？

"Well, we in and out of the country. We drop a new album last year August and we drop a new EP in February, a reggae EP, and we have a song that a gwaan now. The song name Join Up, the album name Underrated and it has 18 tracks. The EP name Words Not Enough and it has seven songs. That's how it go, we always a work ... hits after hits."

4. 您是90年代dancehall的忠实粉丝，并将Aidonia视作职业生涯的重要影响者。音乐是正确的选择吗？您享受这段旅程吗？

"Aidonia was my idol, that's how I get my sound because I always like how him handle beats and stage. Music is the right choice. I never choose music, it chose me. From a tender age me a beat drum and now I can play other instruments and even be my own engineer. I dwell inna the music deep. I get encouragement 1000 per cent from my family. They are musicians too, dem just never get the break that I got. Wherever I go, I represent fully for dancehall. Just like how we get invited from atONErpm directly and we haffi show up. It is important for me to represent in these spaces. A nuh carpentry we do, we do music, and this is a music function where music players come and socialise."

5. 在现场演出方面，您接下来有哪些安排？

"I have a Caribbean tour and an England tour coming up this year. But, in terms of shows throughout the year, I have a huge fan base in the US, so the shows from over there are consistent."

BRAWTA — 自2026年初以来，请说出一件您心怀感激的事。

"Well, every year me get a hit song, and this year mi get one already – Join Up. And mi haffi big up Fada God, because it coulda worse. Mi can tek care a mi family every day and every year and that is the important part ... . Also, I have a message for up-and-coming artistes: Stay focused, believe inna God and stick to the plan."