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VP Records co-founder, and one of the reigning matriarchs of Reggae music, Patricia “Miss Pat” Chin, continues to lead the largest independent label and distributor of Caribbean music.

“My Grandfather Joe would be very happy to see how Randy’s Record Mart evolved into what it is today.

Their business started from selling the used records out of my Granddad’s jukeboxes, that Vincent helped him maintain. Vincent and Miss Pat through hard work and dedication, laid the foundation for the largest reggae recording company in the world, VP Records!”

Mr. Christopher Issa

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Energetic and engaging autobiography

“To live such a long and successful life in the reggae business means she must have been tougher than any king of the street or bully of the boardroom…

Key to the book’s appeal is an excellent selection of images from a host of reggae’s finest photographers to guide the sequencing of Miss Pat’s remarkable story, which also ends up as a pictorial tribute to the strength and resilience of her extended family.”

– The Wire magazine, Steve Barker

A remarkable, and still ongoing, journey

Miss Pat tells VP’s story, which is inextricably tied to the development of Jamaica’s recording industry and the birth of ska, rocksteady, and reggae. Miss Pat offers historical anecdotes about recording sessions with Bob Marley and Lee “Scratch” Perry when both were seeking greater fortunes.

Patricia Meschino, The Daily Beast

A memoir on the life and work of reggae icon Patricia “Miss Pat” Chin, with quotes and remembrances from luminaries including former Jamaican Prime Minister, the late Edward Seaga, Chris Blackwell, and Lee “Scratch” Perry among others. The book is packed with fantastic archival images spanning the emergence of Jamaican music as a cultural force in the 1950s up until today, and original illustrations by the late Michael Thompson and Maria Papaefstathiou, the book’s designer.

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Ms. Pat Chin and VP Records Receive Prestigious Empire Award in Queens

By |May 12th, 2026|Categories: Honours & Recognition, Press|

Ms. Pat Chin and VP Records Receive Prestigious Empire Award in Queens. Though they pay close attention to the changing tides of Caribbean music and culture trends, VP Records’ passion for authentic dancehall and reggae has never waned, and it shows because they are now the world’s largest independent record labelSharine Taylor, Writer A memorable moment in reggae history took place last Friday at the VP Records Retail Store in Jamaica, Queens, as Patricia “Miss Pat” Chin was honored with the 2026 New York State Senate Empire Award, [...]

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MISS PAT – My Reggae Music Journey, from Mento, Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae to Dancehall.

Miss Patricia Chin’s seminal autobiography of her music journey through the evolution of reggae music and beyond

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