Rumors of the renowned reggae artist Colvin “Cocoa Tea” Scott’s death are refuted by his family. “Yes, Cocoa Tea is in hospital, but he is very much alive,” The local newspaper was informed by his wife, Malvia Scott, of his passing, but she withheld any information regarding the Holy Mount.
Since last October, there have been whispers of Cocoa Tea’s passing, which gained momentum between the end of December and the beginning of January. On Wednesday and Thursday, people shared posts on social media claiming to have lost their “hubby”.
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“As a family, we are asking everybody for prayers and we are also privacy at this time,” Malvia Scott noted.
In addition to his Florida residence, Cocoa Tea, who was born in Rocky Point, Clarendon, USA, now resides there.
According to his Wikipedia profile, cocoa tea gained popularity in Jamaica in 1985 and has since spread around the world in the 1990s.
His most well-known song is “Rikers Island,” which was later covered by Nardo Ranks in a ragga style. This version, called “Me No Like Rikers Island,” can be heard on the album Dancehall Reggaespanol, which was published in the same year as the original “Rikers Island.”
With the song “Young Lover,” he also became well-known. In March 2008, he rose to fame with the release of a song named “Barack Obama,” which was written in favor of the then-candidate for US president. Answer Mi Question by Dillinger and Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature” are interpolated into Cocoa Tea’s song “Jah Made Them That Way” from his 1984 album Rocking Dolly.
In 2003, he started the yearly Dancehall Jam Jam New Year’s Eve celebrations. It ended in 2009, and there are plans to bring it back in 2015.
He began his own Roaring Lion label in 2000, having previously recorded for several of the leading reggae companies, such as VP Records, Greensleeves Records, and Ras Records.
Producer Walshy Fire, with whom Cocoa Tea was collaborating, arranged for her to meet Koffee.
“I met Koffee in Florida. I was at my house and Walshy Fire call me and seh ‘Cocoa, I have a likkle girl here name Koffee. I wah yuh come listen her’. And from I listen her, I said listen mi! The sky is the limit for this little girl.”
