Sister Nancy is one of the most popular and richest Deejay who was born on January 2, 1962 in Kingston, Jamaica. Sister Nancy Sister Nancy, also known as Muma Nancy, real name Ophlin Russell (born on the 2nd of January, 1962) is a Jamaican dancehall DJ and singer. She is regarded by everyone around the world for being the pioneering female DJ in dancehall she was referred to as an “dominating female voice for over two decades” in the dancehall circuit.
Then, in 1996 she moved in 1996 to New Jersey. Interview with The Jamaica Observer in 2002, Russell said that although she worked in the banking industry she said that “music is [her] first love” and added that she still sings “every now and then”. She said that her departure from the world of recording resulted from her desire to “give other female artists a chance” although she stated that she was “as ready as the first day [she] came into the business”. The Observer cited Russell a role model for a subsequent generation of female performers which included Lady Saw, Sister Carol, Macka Diamond, Lady G, Shelly Thunder, Carla Marshall, Lorna G Lady English as well as Lady P.
In 2007, Russell released the second of her two albums, Sister Nancy Meets Fireproof, produced by djMush1, formerly of the Slackers (NYC Ska) on Special Potato Records. The album was distributed by Jammyland Records in New York, NY. The album features four original compositions, as well as four instrumental versions of the aforementioned songs.
In 2011, Sister Nancy did an interview where she stated that it’s harder now for women to make it in the field of music. When asked why, she said it’s because “Maybe because there weren’t so many female artists out and men respected the women.” This seems to agree with Cooper that dancehall music liberated women from “repressive respectability and conservative gender ideologies.” Rastawomen singers are free to act and say as they please on stage.
Sister Nancy’s iconic “Bam Bam” has been recorded and sampled more than 80 times since its first release in 1982. This includes:
