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The Kemist

Background information
Origin	Kingston, Jamaica
Genres	Reggae, Dancehall, Trap, Hardstyle, Hip Hop, Dubstep, Moombahton
Occupation(s)	Deejay, producer, recording artist, songwriter
Years active	2012–present
Labels	Universal Music, Republic Records ^[1]

Website	iamthekemist.com

The Kemist,^[2] is a Jamaican-American deejay, producer, recording artist and songwriter^[3] signed to Universal Music Group.^[1] His sound is a fusion of reggae and dancehall with electronic dance music.^[4]

Early life

Errol "Kemar" Thompson, professionally known as The Kemist, was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica.^[4] His mother, Marcia Griffiths, is considered the Queen of reggae music ^[5] and his father, Errol Thompson Snr, is an acclaimed Jamaican broadcaster, social speaker and musician.^[3]

Kemar attended Wolmer's Boy's High School where he participated in rap battles during lunchtime and from there started making beats and selling tracks to friends.^[2]

In 2012, Kemar and Mike Thompson formed the production duo Black Lion,^[4] whose credits include Mash It Up, Slippery When Wet and I Love Sax.

Career

The Kemist's first release as a vocalist was Assets, a collaboration with Yellow Claw and Tropkillaz that was released on Diplo's label, Mad Decent^[6] on 12 October 2013.

In 2018 The Kemist signed with Universal Music Group.^[2] On 2 November 2018 they released his first single Body Can't Lie featuring Nyanda via 21 Entertainment / Republic Records / Universal Music Canada.^[1]

Discography

Albums & EPs

Year	Title	Tracklist	Label
2019	Mayhem ^[7]	Mayhem 7.0 (feat Dj BrainDeaD & Nyanda)	21 Entertainment / Universal Music
		On You
		Body Can't Lie (feat Nyanda)
		Control You feat (Kalibandulu & Johnny Roxx)

Singles

As lead artist

Year	Title	Album	Label
2018	Body Can't Lie (feat Nyanda)	Body Can't Lie^[8]	21 Entertainment / Universal Music
	Big Dreamers (with Salento Guys and Paki & Jaro)	Big Dreamers^[9]	Total Freedom
	Rebels of a Nation (with LNY TNZ & Ruthless)	Rebels of a Nation^[10]	Spinnin' Records
	Mayhem (with Dj BrainDeaD feat Nyanda)	Mayhem^[11]	Tropic Electric
2017	Rumors (Dj BrainDeaD Remix) (feat Konshens & Alx Veliz)	Rumors (The Remixes)^[12]	Tropic Electric
	Rumors (Noise Cans Remix) (feat Konshens & Alx Veliz)
	Rumors (dEvolve Remix) (feat Konshens & Alx Veliz)
	Rumors (Pink Panda Remix) (feat Konshens & Alx Veliz)
	Rumors (English Version) (feat Konshens & Alx Veliz)	Rumors ^[13]
	Rumors (Spanish Version) (feat Konshens, Goyo & Alx Veliz)	Rumors ^[13]
	Drop it Like That (with KD Soundsystem)	Drop it Like That^[14]	Be Rich Records
	Drop It Like That (Perk Pietrek Remix) (with KD Soundsystem)
	Drop It Like That (Zeskullz & The Dual Personality Remix) (with KD Soundsystem)
2016	Incredible (with Dj BrainDeaD)	Incredible^[15]	Good Enuff
2016	Wild Like A Jungle (with KD Soundsystem feat Esco & Chedda)	Wild Like A Jungle^[16]	Tropic Electric
2014	Come For Free	Xleration Riddim – Single^[17]	Tropic Electric

As featured artist

Year	Title	Artist	Album	Label
2018	Boomshakalak	Mr. Black & Diego Miranda feat The Kemist	Boomshakalak - Single^[18]	Revealed Recordings
2017	Party General (Mightyfools Remix)	LNY TNZ & DJ Punish feat The Kemist	LNY TNZ – Fvck Genres EP (Remixes)*^[19]	Barong Family
2017	Haide (Greek Version) (Phoebus Remix)	Helena Paparizou feat. The Kemist	Haide (Greek Version) (Phoebus Remix) - Single^[20]	Universal Music
2016	Party General	LNY TNZ & DJ Punish feat The Kemist	LNY TNZ – Fvck Genres EP*^[21]	Barong Family
	We Don't Care (Dirtcaps Remix)	LNY TNZ feat The Kemist	We Don't Care (The Remixes) - EP^[22]	lnytnz.com
	We Don't Care (Riot Ten Remix)
	We Don't Care (Out of Cookies Remix)
	We Don't Care (Dirrty Berry Remix)
	We Don't Care		We Don't Care - Single^[23]
	Fired Up (Radio Version)	LNY TNZ & Ruthless feat The Kemist	Fired Up (Remixes)^[24]	Barong Family
	Fired Up (Haterade Remix)
	Fired Up (Kayzo Remix)
	Fired Up (Skellism Remix)
	Fired Up (Tropkillaz Remix)
	Fired Up (Dirtcaps Remix)
	Sexy Girls	DJ LBR feat The Kemist	Sexy Girls - Single^[25]	Space Party
	Sexy Girls	DJ LBR & Papa London feat The Kemist	Sexy Girls - Single^[26]	Music Media Consulting
	Bust it Up	Willy Joy feat The Kemist	Bust It Up - Single^[27]	Good Enuff / Mad Decent
2015	Pull It Up	Wiwek feat The Kemist	Jungle Terror EP Vol.2^[28]	Barong Family / Spinnin' Records
	Fired Up	LNY TNZ & Ruthless feat The Kemist	Fired Up – Single^[29]	Barong Family / Spinnin' Records
	Figure 8 (Tropkillaz VIP Remix)	Tropkillaz feat The Kemist	Figure 8 (Tropkillaz VIP Remix) - Single^[30]	SPA / Elemess
2014	Boss It Up	Dirtcaps feat The Kemist	Boss It Up – Single^[31]
	Figure 8	Tropkillaz feat The Kemist	WHAAA!!! E.P.^[32]	SPA / Elemess
	Mash It Up	Black Lion & The Wizard feat Kat Dahlia, Nyanda & The Kemist	Black Lion Reggae Invasion Vol. 1	Tropic Electric
	Invasion	Dirtcaps feat The Kemist	Invasion – Single^[33]	Bad Manor
	Blazin	ChildsPlay feat The Kemist & Nyanda	Blazin – Single^[34]	Bad Manor
	F**k Up The Club	Black Lion feat The Kemist	Fk Up The Club – Single^[35]	Tropic Electric
2013	Assets ^[6]	Yellow Claw (DJs) & Tropkillaz feat The Kemist	Amsterdam Twerk Music	Mad Decent / Jeffrees

As Composer / Writer

Year	Title	Artist	Album
2014	"You Got Me Good (Tu Es Ma Go)"	Muss feat. Nyanda	You Got Me Good – Single^[36]
2014	"I Love Sax"	Nyanda	I Love Sax – EP^[37]
2013	"Slippery When Wet"	Nyanda	Slippery When Wet – EP
	"Cool & Deadly"	F.eU DJ & Nyanda	Cool & Deadly – EP^[38]
	"Boom & Rave"	Black Lion feat. Mr. Vegas & Nyanda	Boom & Rave – EP^[39]

As remixer

Year	Title	Artist	Album	Label
2018	Growing Pains (The Kemist Remix)	Alessia Cara	Growing Pains (Remixes, Pt. 2) - Single^[40]	Def Jam Recordings
	Lions (Skip Marley vs The Kemist)	Skip Marley	Lions (Skip Marley vs The Kemist) - Single^[41]	Island Records
	Cautious (The Kemist Remix)	Tyler Shaw	Cautious (The Kemist Remix) - Single^[42]	Sony Music
2017	Stay (The Kemist Remix)	Zedd & Alessia Cara	Stay (Remixes) - EP^[43]	Interscope Records
2017	FAB. (The Kemist Remix)	JoJo feat Remy Ma	FAB. (The Remixes)^[44]	Atlantic Records
2016	Dancing Kizomba (The Kemist Remix)	Alx Veliz feat. Nyanda	Dancing Kizomba (The Kemist Remix – Single)^[45]	Universal Music
	Dancing Kizomba (The Kemist Remix)[Spanish Version]	Alx Veliz feat. Nyanda	Dancing Kizomba (The Kemist Remix – Single)[Spanish Version^[46]	Universal Music
	No Apologies. (The Kemist Remix)	JoJo feat. Wiz Khalifa & Nyanda	No Apologies. (Tropical Remix)^[47]	Atlantic Records
	Bloodclaut Song (The Kemist & MVL$ Remix)	Future Fambo	Bloodclaut Song (The Kemist & MVL$ Remix) - Single^[48]	Tropic Electric
	Faces & Lighters	Brian Cross feat. Vein, IAM CHINO & Two Tone	Faces & Lighters (The Kemist Remix)^[49]	Sony Music

Non-Singles

As lead artist

Year	Title	Artist	Album
2015	"One More Time"	The Kemist & Nyanda	Black Lion Reggae Invasion Vol. 1
2014	"Tun Up"^[50]	The Kemist

As featured artist

Year	Title	Artist	Album
2015	"Punani"	Black Lion feat The Kemist, The Wizard & Dionne Renée	Black Lion Reggae Invasion Vol. 1
	"Hip-Nosis"	Black Lion feat The Kemist & Esco
	"Quati Wut"	The Wizard feat The Kemist

As composer / writer

Year	Title	Artist	Album
2015	"Cinnamon Roll"^[51]	Nyanda feat. Dionne Renee	Black Lion Reggae Invasion Vol. 1
2015	"Footprints"^[52]	Nyanda feat. Assassin	Black Lion Reggae Invasion Vol. 1
2014	"I Won't Take You Back"	Nyanda	"Xleration Riddim" – Single^[53]
	"Superman"	Arash feat (feat. Nyanda)	Superman
	"Ma Bala"	Arash feat (feat. Nyanda)	Superman
2013	"Club Saved My Life"	Wally Lopez feat Brick & Lace & J Balvin	Follow Me!^[54]

Music videos

Year	Video Title	Director
2020	"We Made It"^[55]	Steven van der Vorm
	"Control You"^[56]	Alex Ceausu
	"On You"^[57]
2019	"Mayhem 7.0"^[58]
2018	"Body Can't Lie"^[59]	Michael Garcia
2018	"Lions"^[60]	Dameon Gayle
2017	"Big Dreamers"^[61]	Matteo Consales
2016	"We Don't Care"^[62]	Lny Tnz
2015	"Fired Up"^[63]	Lny Tnz
2014	"Mash It Up"^[64]	The Governor

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "THE KEMIST RELEASES "BODY CAN'T LIE" TODAY VIA 21 ENTERTAINMENT GROUP / REPUBLIC RECORDS / UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA". Universal Music. 2 November 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "The Kemist Finds The Formula". The Jamaica Observer. 7 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b B, Seani (22 November 2018). "Seani B Speaks to The Kemist". The Voice Newspaper UK.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lou, Ms. Betty (3 August 2015). "Exclusive interview with Jamaican EDM artist The Kemist!". COCO Magazine.
^ "Marcia Griffiths Enjoys 50 Of The Best". Jamaica Gleaner. 26 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Assets by Yellow Claw & Tropkillaz feat The Kemist". iTunes Store. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
^ "The Kemist - Mayhem EP". AppleMusic.com. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
^ "The Kemist - Body Can't Lie". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^ "Salento Guys & The Kemist - Big Dreamers". Discogs.com. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^ "LNY TNZ, Ruthless & The Kemist - Rebels of a Nation". Discogs.com. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^ "The Kemist & Dj BrainDead ft Nyanda - Mayhem". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^ "The Kemist - Rumors (The Remixes)". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^ "The Kemist - Rumors". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^ "KD Soundsystem & The Kemist - Drop it Like That". Discogs.com. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^ "Incredible by The Kemist & Dj BrainDeaD". Discogs.com. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^ "Wild Like a Jungle by The Kemist & KD Soundsystem". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^ "Come For Free by The Kemist". Discogs.com. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^ "Boomshakalak - Single by Mr. Black & Diego Miranda feat The Kemist". Discogs.com. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "Fvck Genres EP (Remixes) by LNY TNZ". Discogs.com. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "Haide (Greek Version) (Phoebus Remix) - Single by Helena Paparizou". Discogs.com. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "Fvck Genres EP by LNY TNZ". Discogs.com. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "We Don't Care (The Remixes) - EP by LNY TNZ". iTunes.apple.com. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "We Don't Care - Single by LNY TNZ". iTunes.apple.com. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "Fired Up (Remixes) by LNY TNZ & Ruthless". Discogs.com. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "Sexy Girls - Single by DJ LBR". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "Sexy Girls - Single by DJ LBR & Papa London". Discogs.com. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "Bust It Up - Single by Willy Joy". Discogs.com. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "Pull It Up by Wiwek feat The Kemist". Beatport. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
^ "Fired Up by LNY TNZ & Ruthless feat The Kemist". iTunes Store. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
^ "Figure 8 (Tropkillaz VIP Remix) - Single by Tropkillaz feat The Kemist". iTunes.apple.com. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "Boss It Up by Dirtcaps feat The Kemist". iTunes Store. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
^ "Figure 8 by Tropkillaz feat The Kemist". SoundCloud. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
^ "Invasion by Dirtcaps feat The Kemist". Soundcloud. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
^ "Blazin by Childsplay feat The Kemist and Nyanda". iTunes Store. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
^ "F**k Up The Club – Single by Black Lion feat The Kemist". Discogs.com. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "You Got Me Good by Muss feat Nyanda". iTunes Store. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
^ "I Love Sax – EP by Nyanda & Black Lion". iTunes Store. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
^ "Cool & Deadly by F.eU Dj & Nyanda". iTunes Store. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
^ "Boom & Rave by Black Lion feat Mr. Vegas & Nyanda on iTunes". iTunes Store. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
^ "Growing Pains (Remixes, Pt. 2) - Single by Alessia Cara". iTunes Store. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^ "Lions (Skip Marley vs The Kemist) by Skip Marley". iTunes Store. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^ "Cautious (The Kemist Remix) by Tyler Shaw". iTunes Store. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^ "Stay (Remixes) - EP by Zedd & Alessia Cara". iTunes Store. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^ "FAB. (The Remixes) by JoJo". Discogs.com. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^ "Dancing Kizomba (The Kemist Remix) – Single by Alx Veliz feat Nyanda". iTunes Store. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
^ "Dancing Kizomba (The Kemist Remix)[Spanish Version] – Single by Alx Veliz feat Nyanda". iTunes Store. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
^ "No Apologies (The Kemist Remix) – Single by JoJo". Discogs.com. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^ "Bloodclaut Song (The Kemist & MVL$ Remix) - Single by Future Fambo". iTunes Store. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "Faces & Lighters (Remixes) - EP by Brian Cross feat. Vein, IAM CHINO & Two Tone". iTunes Store. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "Tun Up". Soundcloud. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
^ "Cinnamon Roll by Nyanda feat Dionne Renée". SoundCloud.
^ "Footprints by Nyanda feat Assassin". SoundCloud.
^ "Xleration Riddim – Single on iTunes". iTunes Store. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
^ "Club Saved My Life by Wally Lopez feat Brick & Lace and J Balvin". iTunes Store. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
^ "We Made It Official Video". Retrieved 11 November 2020 – via YouTube.
^ "Control You Official Video". Retrieved 11 November 2020 – via YouTube.
^ "On You Official Video". Retrieved 11 November 2020 – via YouTube.
^ "Mayhem 7.0 Official Video". Retrieved 11 November 2020 – via YouTube.
^ "Body Can't Lie Official Video". Retrieved 21 January 2019 – via YouTube.
^ "Lions Official Video". Retrieved 11 November 2020 – via YouTube.
^ "Big Dreamers Official Video". Retrieved 11 November 2020 – via YouTube.
^ "We Don't Care Official Video". Retrieved 22 January 2019 – via YouTube.
^ "Fired Up Official Video". Retrieved 17 March 2015 – via YouTube.
^ "Mash It Up Official Video". Retrieved 20 November 2014 – via YouTube.

External links

Official website