Sugar Minott’s son drops EP

Reggae singer Daniel Minott, son of the late reggae legend Sugar Minott, is confident that reggae lovers will enjoy his new ' Citizen of Love' EP.

" Citizen of Love consists of seven tracks which feature spiritual messages through songs produced for my own label, My Block Records," Minott said. Among the tracks is the title song, featuring Luciano, and Human Race, featuring Natural Black.

"The track Give You My Love is 'livicated' [dedicated] to the God woman dem. The first track, Jah Is Real, is to reiterate that there is a master maker and supreme designer to the universe and life as we know it; and that is the spiritual overtone of the EP," he said. A video for the title track has already been released.

"The video is streaming well, getting spins on HYPE and RE TV, and the track is getting rotation on several local radio stations; it's a great look," Minott said.

Born in Kingston, Minott had an early interest in music and began expressing his love for the art when his father tried to form a group with his siblings in 1986. They attempted to record their first single Reggae The Beat, but the song was never released and the group was disbanded.

Minott never lost his love for the music and later became one of the in-house studio engineers at the age of 15, working alongside Carlo Gray at the Youthman Promotion studio. In 1999, he decided to start recording again, putting his songwriting skills to work. He recorded his first official song, Can't Take It No More, with his label mate Tampanae at the Youth Promotion recording studio, and the song was added to local radio playlists.

He has continued to record music on his own My Block Records label.