Artist's albums
Fill My Cup (feat. Protoje)
2023 · single
Mela Mela (Remix)
2022 · single
Third Time's The Charm
2022 · album
Ten Cane Row (feat. Jorja Smith)
2022 · single
The Kalling
2022 · single
Late at Night (feat. Lila Iké)
2022 · single
Family (feat. Jesse Royal)
2022 · single
Incient Stepping
2022 · single
HILLS
2022 · single
In Search of Lost Time (Deluxe)
2021 · album
Still Blooming (feat. Lila Iké & IzyBeats)
2021 · single
Sweeter
2020 · single
In Search Of Lost Time
2020 · album
A Vibe (feat. Wiz Khalifa)
2020 · single
Like Royalty (feat. Popcaan)
2020 · single
Same So
2020 · single
Underdog (feat. Chronixx & Protoje)
2020 · single
Not Another Word (feat. Agent Sasco)
2019 · single
Like This
2018 · single
A Matter of Time
2018 · album
Truth & Rights
2017 · single
Really Like You (Remixes)
2017 · single
Blood Money
2017 · single
Who Knows (feat. Chronixx) [SHY FX Remix]
2016 · single
Ancient Future
2015 · album
Really Like You
2015 · single
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Biography
A reggae revivalist with more of a roots influence than most, Jamaican singer Protoje rose to independent success in 2011 with the release of his debut full-length, The Seven Year Itch, and its hit single "Rasta Love," which featured Ky-Mani Marley. Subsequent hits helped elevate his status as an international reggae star and his sound took on more elements of rap and hip-hop on later releases like 2020's album In Search of Lost Time and 2022's Third Time's the Charm. Born Oje Ken Ollivierre, music was a constant in his early life, with his mother, Lorna Bennett, having scored a hit in 1972 with a reggae version of "Breakfast in Bed" and his father, Mike Ollivierre, a calypso singer from Saint Vincent. Protoje's first release, the 2005 mixtape Lyrical Overdose, Vol. 1, was more overtly hip-hop-influenced, though he began to work toward a reggae/roots sound over the next few years with his cousin, producer Don Corleon. Beginning with the 2009 track "Arguments," he issued a steady diet of singles in advance of his 2011 full-length debut, The Seven Year Itch. One of the album's singles, "Rasta Love" featuring Ky-Mani Marley, became an international hit, elevating his status as a budding star. Following the 2012 mixtape This Is Protoje, he delivered his follow-up album, 2013's The 8 Year Affair, which yielded another hit, "Kingston Be Wise," and charted throughout Europe and the U.S. Protoje's third album, 2015's Ancient Future, proved to be his breakout and, two weeks after its release, sat atop the Billboard reggae chart thanks in part to the Chronixx collaboration "Who Knows." A five-song EP, Royalty Free (Side B), was released as a free download on the singer's birthday in June 2016. Working again with producer Winta James and featuring a second collaboration with Chronixx in "No Guarantee," Protoje returned in 2018 with his fourth album, A Matter of Time, kicking off a series of introspective albums loosely based around the concept of time. It was followed in 2020 by his acclaimed fifth album, In Search of Lost Time. Featuring guest appearances from Popcaan, Koffee, Lila Iké, and American rapper Wiz Khalifa, it saw Protoje exploring more social and political issues than before. Closing out this informal trilogy of albums was 2022's Third Time's the Charm.~ Timothy Monger & David Jeffries