Sister NancyFestival appearances

Ophlin Russell (born 2 January 1962), better known as Sister Nancy, is a Jamaican dancehall DJ and singer widely regarded as the first female dancehall DJ. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, she began her career in 1980 with the single "Papa Dean" produced by Winston Riley, and became the first female deejay to perform at Reggae Sunsplash and the first female Jamaican deejay to tour internationally. Her 1982 single "Bam Bam" has become one of the most sampled reggae tracks of all time, used by artists including Kanye West, Lauryn Hill, and Jay-Z. In 2024 she was the subject of the documentary "Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story".