Roots reggae artiste Droop Lion’s first performance for this year will be a February 22 concert being held to benefit The Queen’s School band.
Promoted by Born Music, the concert will feature Droop Lion, Lukie D, Nature Ellis, Prophecy, Tellah, and Andrew Paul.
“It is important and crucial for us to support the development of music skills in schools. For us, music is more than a message. It is a way for the youths to cultivate discipline and expand their skills,” Droop Lion explained. “We look forward to the contribution that the ladies will make to the music industry.”
Droop Lion is concerned that the all-girls school lacks the resources to foster music skills.
“As a real daddy, the children are always on our minds, and we try to make their way more feasible. The topic of Let the Children Dance is not about shaking the legs or the head. It is about making the youths happy,” he said about his 2024 single and the show to be held on the school’s grounds.
This concert is an invitation to contribute $5,000 to this worthy cause to further music education in Jamaica. Forward out and support.”
With 2025 comes the release of a new album and more tour dates for Europe, using his powerful voice with a conscious message.
His world-view is shaped by the constant travel to perform his music. Droop Lion is a consistent act on the US and Europe reggae touring markets. In the last two years, among his show stops were Athens, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Madrid, Marseille, and Zurich in 2023; and Tulsa, New Orleans, Sacramento, Chicago, Baltimore, and New York in 2024.
Throughout his career, Droop Lion’s talent and passion have piqued the interest of several musical greats. Of note is the work he did with the late, legendary Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert.
“I knew Toots for roughly four years. During that time I get to really know and respect that man. I learnt of the history of reggae music firsthand and he taught I a lot of vocal techniques as we have a somewhat similar sound,” Droop Lion shared. “He was I mentor, and we were working on an album. His passing really shocked me and shook me.”
Toots passed away on September 11, 2020. He was 77 years old.
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