Grand Bahama
Johnny Kemp memorial concert set for Grand Bahama
May 15, 2015 - 12:30:45 AM

The late Johnny Kemp in Grand Bahama Island (Photo by Erik Mosvold)

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island - The family of the late Johnny Kemp Jr. has commissioned the Grand Bahama Entertainers Musicians and Artists Association (G.B.E.M.A.A.) to organize a memorial concert on the evening of Friday May 15th, 2015, in order to afford friends of the late Mr. Kemp and of the Kemp Family to commiserate and share in a moment of remembrance and closure as they prepare to lay Johnny to rest. 

As the Taino Beach area was one of Johnny’s favorite spots to regenerate and relax on Grand Bahama, and the family felt it only fitting that this venue be the location of his memorial concert.

The memorial concert will get underway at 7:30pm.

Memorial set for the late Johnny Kemp in New York

Kemp died on April 16th in Jamaica at the age of 55.

Born August 2, 1959, Kemp Johnny Kemp began singing in nightclubs in the Bahamas at the age of 13. He moved to New York in 1979 with the band "Kinky Fox." His self-titled debut album came out in 1986 and he scored a minor hit with "Just Another Lover."

Kemp is likely most known for "Just Got Paid" an "all-star finale" on Keith Sweat's 2007 DVD Sweat Hotel Live, recorded at a February 2006 concert in Atlanta, Georgia. The song got him a Grammy nomination in 1989 in a category that included Bobby Brown and Luther Vandross. The song was a No. 1 hit on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart.

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