Calvin "Cocoa Tea" Scott is a veteran artist of over twenty years and one of the most beloved singers in reggae. Cocoa grew up on a fishing village of Rocky Point in Clarendon, Jamaica, and from an early age he started being influenced by the Rastafarian culture and philosophy. As many artists are, Cocoa Tea was greatly influenced by Bob Maarley and the Wailors.
Cocoa started his reecording career back in the mid 1970s, with singer producer Willie Francis. His career didnt really break into the big time until almost ten years later, when he teamed up with then hot proiducer and Volcnao sound system owner Henry "Junjo" Laws. This pairing led to Cocoa's first major reggae hits with "Sonia" and "Rocking Dolly", as well as the LP, Cant Stop Cocoa Tea. In 1985, the sweet voiced singer started working with Waterhouse's number one producer King Jammy, and had hits with "Tune In" and "The Marshall" and the album "Come Again". Also for Jammy, Cocoa hit big with the 1989 recording "Who She Love" in which he teamed up with Home-T and Shabba Ranks. It was that very popular trio that also hit big with "Pirates Anthem" and "Holding On" for Agustus "Gussie Clark's" Music Works label in 1990. "Pirates Anthem did the best in the UK due to the number of pirate radio stations in their metropolitan areas. Cocoa continued to work with Clark's label for three years and produced a number of albums including "Legit" with Dennis Brown and Freddie McGregor. Cocoa has continued to work with prominent dancehall sound systems like Jack Ruby High Power, Gemini, Killamanjaro, Metromedia, Stone Love and many more.
Since 1994, Cocoa has been working with two main producers, Phillip "Fattis" Burrell's Xterminator label and Bobby "Digital" Dixon's Digital-B label, and just recently signed a contract with Motown Records. "She Loves Me Now" and "Too Young" with Buju Banton, and 1996's album single Israel's King are just a few of the many hits on Xterminator. On Digital-B, Cocoa had a big year in 1996 with "Holy Mount Zion" and in 1997 with "Im Not A King."
