Hyman Wright
title: "Hyman Wright" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["year-of-birth-missing-(living-people)", "living-people", "jamaican-dancehall-musicians", "20th-century-jamaican-businesspeople", "jamaican-record-producers", "jamaican-reggae-musicians", "musicians-from-kingston,-jamaica", "21st-century-jamaican-businesspeople"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyman_Wright" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
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| alias | Papa Life |
| birth_place | Kingston, Jamaica |
| origin | Brooklyn, New York |
| genre | Reggae, dancehall |
| occupation | Record producer |
| years_active | ca. 1972–present |
| label | Jah Life |
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| image = | caption = | alias = Papa Life | birth_date = | birth_place = Kingston, Jamaica | origin = Brooklyn, New York | genre = Reggae, dancehall | occupation = Record producer | years_active = ca. 1972–present | label = Jah Life | website =
Hyman Wright (also known as Papa Life) is a record producer and audio engineer from Kingston, Jamaica, who has produced more than 150 reggae singles, mostly through his Brooklyn-based record label, Jah Life, which he founded in the late 1970s.
In 1981, Wright produced one of Eek-A-Mouse's first singles, "Georgie Porgie". After Wright and Barrington Levy met in 1979, he produced a number of Levy's early releases. Among these are "Black Roses" (1983) and "Murderer" (1984); the latter Wright co-produced with long-time collaborator Patrick Chin.
References
- {{cite interview |last = Wright |first = Hyman |interviewer = Carter Van Pelt |title = Jah Life on WKCR |type = FM radio |url = https://archive.org/details/JahLifeOnWkcr12-18-2010 |publisher = WKCR |format = MP3 |location = New York City |date = 18 December 2010 |accessdate = 2023-03-24
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