‘The music business was my husband’: Miss Pat, the 82-year-old queen of dancehall

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She founded the record label that launched Caribbean stars including Sean Paul – and despite poverty and tragedy along the way, Patrician ‘Miss Pat’ Chin still works in the VP office after 60 years

There can’t be that many 82-year-old dancehall and reggae svengalis. But Patricia “Miss Pat” Chin, who founded the VP Records shop, distributor and label in New York 40 years ago with her late husband, Vincent “Randy” Chin, is still going strong, 60 years into a remarkable career. With VP, Chin has nurtured the careers of superstars including Maxi Priest, Bounty Killer, Lady Saw, Beenie Man, Ini Kamoze and Sean Paul, all of whom feature on a new 97-track anniversary box set.

 

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